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Analysis of Contact Pressure for a 300mm Wafer Polishing Table with Air-Bag Head

Air-Bag Head 가압식 300mm 웨이퍼 폴리싱 테이블의 가압 분포 해석

  • 노승국 (한국기계연구원 초정밀시스템연구실)
  • Received : 2012.09.09
  • Accepted : 2013.01.10
  • Published : 2013.04.15

Abstract

In this paper, the contact pressure of the wafer and polishing pad for final polishing process for 300 mm-wafer were investigated through numerical analysis using FEM tool, ANSYS. The distribution of the contact pressure is one of main parameters which affects on the flatness and surface roughness of polished wafers. Two types of polishing head, a hard type head with ceramic disk and a soft type head with air bag were considered. The effects of the deformation and initial shape of table on the contact pressure were also examined. Both heads and tables were modeled as 3D finite element model from solid model, and the material properties of polishing pads and rubber plate for the air-bag head were obtained from tensile tests. The contact pressure deviation on wafer surface was smaller with air bag head than hard type head even when the table had form errors such as convex or concave. From this 3D analysis, it could be concluded that the air-bag head has better uniformity of the contact pressure on wafer. Also, the effects of inner diameter of air bag and radial clearance between wafer and retainer were investigated as view point of contact pressure concentration on the edge of wafer.

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