Patent ID: 8758659

Claim:
A method of forming a chemical-mechanical planarization pad, comprising: polymerizing one or more polymer precursors and forming a chemical-mechanical planarization pad including a surface; removing material from the surface of said pad to form grooves in said surface and lands between said grooves, wherein said grooves have a first width (W 1 ); and shrinking said lands from a first land length (L 1 ) at said surface to a second land length (L 2 ) at said surface, wherein said second land length (L 2 ) is less than said first land length (L 1 ) and said grooves have a second width (W 2 ) wherein (W 1 )≦(X) (W 2 ), wherein (X) has a value in the range of 0.01 to 0.75; wherein shrinking said lands comprises further polymerizing said polymer precursors after forming grooves in said surface.