| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20110111595 | Chemical mechanical polishing composition and methods relating thereto - A chemical mechanical polishing composition useful for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a silicon oxide material and a silicon nitride material; and methods of making and using the chemical mechanical polishing composition. The chemical mechanical polishing composition comprises, as initial components: at least one of a first substance and a second substance; wherein the first substance is according to formula I | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110230048 | Method of polishing a substrate comprising polysilicon, silicon oxide and silicon nitride - A method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises polysilicon, silicon oxide and silicon nitride; providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; an abrasive; an alkyl aryl polyether sulfonate compound, wherein the alkyl aryl polyether sulfonate compound has a hydrophobic portion having an alkyl group bound to an aryl ring and a nonionic acyclic hydrophilic portion having 4 to 100 carbon atoms; and a substance according to formula I | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110230049 | Method of polishing a substrate comprising polysilicon and at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride - A method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises polysilicon and at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride; providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; an abrasive; and an acyclic organosulfonic acid compound, wherein the acyclic organosulfonic acid compound has an acyclic hydrophobic portion having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a nonionic acyclic hydrophilic portion having 10 to 300 carbon atoms; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad with a polishing surface; moving the polishing surface relative to the substrate; dispensing the chemical mechanical polishing composition onto the polishing surface; and, abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate; wherein at least some of the polysilicon is removed from the substrate; and, wherein at least some of the at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride is removed from the substrate. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110230050 | METHOD OF POLISHING A SUBSTRATE COMPRISING POLYSILICON AND AT LEAST ONE OF SILICON OXIDE AND SILICON NITRIDE - A method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises polysilicon and at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride; providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; an abrasive; and an alkyl aryl polyether sulfonate compound, wherein the alkyl aryl polyether sulfonate compound has a hydrophobic portion having an alkyl group bound to an aryl ring and a nonionic acyclic hydrophilic portion having 4 to 100 carbon atoms; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad with a polishing surface; moving the polishing surface relative to the substrate; dispensing the chemical mechanical polishing composition onto the polishing surface; and, abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate; wherein at least some of the polysilicon is removed from the substrate; and, wherein at least some of the at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride is removed from the substrate. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110244685 | Method of chemical mechanical polishing a substrate with polishing composition adapted to enhance silicon oxide removal - A method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises silicon oxide; providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; an abrasive; and a substance according to formula I | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110306211 | Stabilized Chemical Mechanical Polishing Composition And Method Of Polishing A Substrate - A chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; 0.1 to 40 wt % abrasive having an average particle size of 5 to 150 nm; 0.001 to 1 wt % of an adamarityl substance according to formula (II); 0 to 1 wt % diquaternary substance according to formula (I); and, 0 to 1 wt % of a quaternary ammonium compound. Also, provided is a method for chemical mechanical polishing using the chemical mechanical polishing composition. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120001118 | Polishing slurry for chalcogenide alloy - The invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing composition for chemical mechanical polishing of a chalcogenide phase change alloy substrate. The composition comprises by weight percent, water, 0.1 to 30 colloidal silica abrasive, at least one polishing agent selected from 0.05 to 5 halogen compound, 0.05 to 5 phthalic acid, 0.05 to 5 phthalic anhydride and salts, derivatives and mixtures thereof. The chemical mechanical polishing composition has a pH of 2 to less than 7. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003834 | Method Of Polishing Chalcogenide Alloy - The invention provides a method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate. The invention comprises providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a chalcogenide phase change alloy and providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition, wherein the chemical mechanical polishing composition comprises, by weight percent, water, 0.1 to 30 abrasive, at least one polishing agent selected from 0.05 to 5 halogen compound, 0.05 to 5 phthalic acid, 0.05 to 5 phthalic anhydride and salts, derivatives and mixtures thereof and wherein the chemical mechanical polishing composition has a pH of 2 to less than 7. A chemical mechanical polishing pad polishes the substrate with the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the chemical mechanical polishing composition to selectively or non-selectively remove the chalcogenide phase change alloy from the substrate. | 01-05-2012 |