Patents by Inventor De-Can Liao

De-Can Liao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6390902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-conditioner arrangement of a CMP system. The CMP system according to the present invention comprises a polishing table, a polishing pad positioned on the polishing table, a plurality of carrier heads on the polishing pad functioning in holding semiconductor wafers, and a plurality of conditioners positioned between the two neighboring carrier heads on the polishing pad for recovering the surface texture of the polishing pad. Herein, a plurality of conditioners are in a one-to-one arrangement to a plurality of carrier heads, each conditioner producing a back and forth motion in a radiant direction. Therefore, the lifetime of the polishing pad is extended, the wafer-to-wafer difference is reduced, and spatial coverage is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ruoh-Haw Chang, Hung-Yu Kuo, Yao-Hung Liu, De-Can Liao