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Final polishing composition
Assignee: Pharmacia Searle Ltd
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Filing: 1993-07-26
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Granted: 1994-10-04
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Expires: 2013-07-26
Abstract
Abstract A final polishing composition for polishing a silicon wafer used as a substrate crystal in electrical integrated circuits comprises water, colloidal silica, a water-soluble polymeric compound, and a water-soluble salt.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeo Sasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 18:37
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P52/00; H10P52/40; H10P52/402; C; C09; C09G; C09G1/00; C09G1/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A final polishing composition for a wafer comprising water, colloidal silica, a water-soluble polymeric compound and a water-soluble salt; said colloidal silica comprising 20 to 50% by weight of silica and 80 to 50% of water and having an average silica particle diameter of 5 to 500 mμ and silanol groups on the surface thereof in a surface density of about 8 groups/nm 2 ; said water-soluble polymeric compound being present in an amount of 20 to 1,000 ppm and being one or more selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxypropylcellulose, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polymaleic acid, a copolymer of acrylamide and acrylic acid and a graft copolymer of guar gum with acrylamide and having a molecular weight of 100,000 or more and said water-soluble salt being present in an amount of 20 to 1,000 ppm and being one or more combinations of a cation selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and ammonium, and an anion selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, nitrate and perchlorate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
A final polishing composition for a wafer comprising water, colloidal silica, a water-soluble polymeric compound and a water-soluble salt; said colloidal silica comprising 20 to 50% by weight of silica and 80 to 50% of water and having an average silica particle diameter of 5 to 500 mμ and silanol groups on the surface thereof in a surface density of about 8 groups/nm 2 ; said water-soluble polymeric compound being present in an amount of 20 to 1,000 ppm and being one or more selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxypropylcellulose, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polymaleic acid, a copolymer of acrylamide and acrylic acid and a graft copolymer of guar gum with acrylamide and having a molecular weight of 100,000 or more and said water-soluble salt being present in an amount of 20 to 1,000 ppm and being one or more combinations of a cation selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and ammonium, and an anion selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, nitrate and perchlorate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The final polishing composition for a wafer of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble salt is one or more selected from the group consisting of potassium chloride and ammonium chloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The final polishing composition for a wafer of claim 1 having a silica concentration of 0.1 to 5%by weight and a concentration of said water-soluble polymeric compound of 1 to 100 ppm.
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