Polishing apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method
AssigneeToshiba Memory Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Nakayama, Masayoshi Adachi
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Abstract
A polishing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first polishing part, a second polishing part, and an annular part. The second polishing part includes a mounting surface for a semiconductor substrate, and rubs the semiconductor substrate mounted on the mounting surface while pressing the semiconductor substrate against the first polishing part. The annular part includes a support part provided in the second polishing part, and a plurality of convex portions that project from the support part toward the first polishing part, are arranged in a circumferential direction around the mounting surface while being supported by the support part, and are movable in a radial direction of the semiconductor substrate.
Claims7
A polishing apparatus comprising:
- a first polishing part;
- a second polishing part comprising a mounting surface for a semiconductor substrate, and rubbing the semiconductor substrate mounted on the mounting surface while pressing the semiconductor substrate against the first polishing part;
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- an annular part comprising a support part provided in the second polishing part, and a plurality of convex portions that project from the support part toward the first polishing part, are arranged in a circumferential direction around the mounting surface while being supported by the support part, and are movable in a radial direction of the semiconductor substrate, wherein
- the annular part comprises a first moving part moving the convex portions in the radial direction, and
- the first moving part changes the location of each of the convex portions in a direction in which an inner diameter of the annular part is reduced or increased in a state where each of the convex portions is in contact with the first polishing part, wherein
- the first moving part comprises
- a plurality of slits provided in the support part to face the convex portions, respectively, and to be inclined to a radial direction toward a same direction as a rotation direction of the second polishing part when the second polishing part rubs the semiconductor substrate along with movement in a radially outward direction, and
- a plurality of pins inserted to an inside of the support part through the slits and supported by the support part to be slidable along the slits, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.