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Patent US7588677 - Methods and apparatus for electrical, mechanical and/or chemical removal of ... - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the method can include engaging a microelectronic substrate with a polishing surface of a polishing pad, electrically coupling a conductive material of the microelectronic substrate to a source...http://www.google.com/patents/US7588677?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7588677 - Methods and apparatus for electrical, mechanical and/or chemical removal of conductive material from a microelectronic substrate
Publication number US7588677 B2
Application number US 11/451,723
Also published as US7112121, US20020025763, US20060234604
Publication number 11451723, 451723, US 7588677 B2, US 7588677B2, US-B2-7588677, US7588677 B2, US7588677B2
Patent Citations (99), Non-Patent Citations (30), Classifications (21), Legal Events (6)
US 7588677 B2
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U.S. Classification 205/662, 205/640
International Classification B23H3/00, B24B7/19, H01L29/00, H01L21/8242, B24B1/00, B23H5/08, B23H5/06
Cooperative Classification H01L21/32125, B24B37/046, C25F7/00, B24B37/20, B24B37/042, B23H5/08
European Classification B24B37/04D, B24B37/20, B24B37/04B, C25F7/00, H01L21/321P2B, B23H5/08
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