Abrasive articles, CMP monitoring system and method
First Claim
1. An abrasive article, comprising:
- a substrate having opposite major surfaces;
an abrasive material overlaying at least a portion of at least one of the major surfaces of the substrate to form a surface of an abrasive article, wherein said abrasive material comprises abrasive particles embedded in a matrix material comprising a metal and affixed to the substrate by the matrix material;
a sensor for providing chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) information positioned within the substrate; and
a transmitter in wireless communication with the sensor and positioned within the substrate proximate the sensor, wherein the transmitter is adapted to wirelessly transmit the CMP information provided by the sensor to a receiver remote from the abrasive article.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to abrasive articles useful in chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP), the articles including a substrate with opposite major surfaces, an abrasive material overlaying at least a portion of at least one of the major surfaces, and at least one of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a RFID tag reader, or a sensor for providing CMP information to a transmitter positioned near the substrate, the transmitter positioned near the substrate and adapted to wirelessly receive CMP information and wirelessly transmit the CMP information to a remote receiver. The disclosure also relates to a CMP pad conditioner for wirelessly communicating CMP information to a remote receiver, a CMP process monitoring system for wirelessly communicating CMP information to a remote receiver, and a method for conditioning a CMP pad using a CMP process monitoring system for wireless communicating CMP information to a remote receiver.
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18 Claims
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1. An abrasive article, comprising:
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a substrate having opposite major surfaces; an abrasive material overlaying at least a portion of at least one of the major surfaces of the substrate to form a surface of an abrasive article, wherein said abrasive material comprises abrasive particles embedded in a matrix material comprising a metal and affixed to the substrate by the matrix material; a sensor for providing chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) information positioned within the substrate; and a transmitter in wireless communication with the sensor and positioned within the substrate proximate the sensor, wherein the transmitter is adapted to wirelessly transmit the CMP information provided by the sensor to a receiver remote from the abrasive article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one abrasive article including a substrate having opposite major surfaces and an abrasive material overlaying at least a portion of at least one of the major surfaces, wherein said abrasive material comprises abrasive particles embedded in a matrix material comprising a metal and affixed to the substrate by the matrix material; at least one sensor positioned within the substrate proximate the at least one major surface, wherein each sensor is adapted to determine CMP information; a transmitter in wireless communication with the sensor and positioned within the substrate in wireless communication range of the sensor, wherein the transmitter is adapted to wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the CMP information; and at least one receiver remote from the abrasive article and adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted CMP information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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