Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the apparatus. Dressing of a grindstone surface is ground by sizing processing whereby dressing of a tool surface can be done while preventing occurrence of cracks on the grindstone surface which is the cause for occurrence of scratches. Further, flatness of the surface of a dressing tool can be guaranteed because of sizing cutting-in; even if a thick grindstone of a few centimeters is used, the flatness can be maintained to the end; and processing with less in-face unevenness can be always carried out. Therefore, the life of the dressing tool can be greatly extended. Further, the present sizing-dressing is carried out jointly with processing of a wafer to thereby enable improvement of throughput of the apparatus as well as maintenance of a processing rate. The present apparatus and method are effective for planarization of various substrate surfaces having irregularities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the apparatus. Dressing of a grindstone surface is ground by sizing processing whereby dressing of a tool surface can be done while preventing occurrence of cracks on the grindstone surface which is the cause for occurrence of scratches. Further, flatness of the surface of a dressing tool can be guaranteed because of sizing cutting-in; even if a thick grindstone of a few centimeters is used, the flatness can be maintained to the end; and processing with less in-face unevenness can be always carried out. Therefore, the life of the dressing tool can be greatly extended. Further, the present sizing-dressing is carried out jointly with processing of a wafer to thereby enable improvement of throughput of the apparatus as well as maintenance of a processing rate. The present apparatus and method are effective for planarization of various substrate surfaces having irregularities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the apparatus. Dressing of a grindstone surface is ground by sizing processing whereby dressing of a tool surface can be done while preventing occurrence of cracks on the grindstone surface which is the cause for occurrence of scratches. Further, flatness of the surface of a dressing tool can be guaranteed because of sizing cutting-in; even if a thick grindstone of a few centimeters is used, the flatness can be maintained to the end; and processing with less in-face unevenness can be always carried out. Therefore, the life of the dressing tool can be greatly extended. Further, the present sizing-dressing is carried out jointly with processing of a wafer to thereby enable improvement of throughput of the apparatus as well as maintenance of a processing rate. The present apparatus and method are effective for planarization of various substrate surfaces having irregularities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the apparatus. Dressing of a grindstone surface is ground by sizing processing whereby dressing of a tool surface can be done while preventing occurrence of cracks on the grindstone surface which is the cause for occurrence of scratches. Further, flatness of the surface of a dressing tool can be guaranteed because of sizing cutting-in; even if a thick grindstone of a few centimeters is used, the flatness can be maintained to the end; and processing with less in-face unevenness can be always carried out. Therefore, the life of the dressing tool can be greatly extended. Further, the present sizing-dressing is carried out jointly with processing of a wafer to thereby enable improvement of throughput of the apparatus as well as maintenance of a processing rate. The present apparatus and method are effective for planarization of various substrate surfaces having irregularities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the apparatus. Dressing of a grindstone surface is ground by sizing processing whereby dressing of a tool surface can be done while preventing occurrence of cracks on the grindstone surface which is the cause for occurrence of scratches. Further, flatness of the surface of a dressing tool can be guaranteed because of sizing cutting-in; even if a thick grindstone of a few centimeters is used, the flatness can be maintained to the end; and processing with less in-face unevenness can be always carried out. Therefore, the life of the dressing tool can be greatly extended.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing apparatus which is capable of configuring a surface of a polishing tool without damaging the polishing tool. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provide a rotary machining apparatus comprising a polishing tool for polishing a sample; a rotary disk for holding the polishing tool; a tool for configuring a surface of the polishing tool; and a position adjusting mechanism for adjusting a gap between the tool and the polishing tool, which comprises a rotating mechanism for rotating the tool; and a sensor for sensing a change in the rotation of the rotating mechanism, a height at starting to configure the polishing tool using the tool being determined based on the change in the rotation obtained by the sensor.

Abstract: A displacement transducer for measuring displacement brought about by pressure, strain or the like comprises a sensor for producing an electric signal representative of displacement, an output amplifier for amplifying the signal output from the sensor, an exciting circuit for exciting the sensor with a current or voltage and adapted for controlling excitation in dependence on deviation thereof from a reference value, and a correcting circuit for correcting the excitation of the sensor thereby to correct non-linearity of the output signal from the sensor. The correcting circuit includes a first voltage divider circuitry of a fixed dividing factor and a second voltage divider circuitry of a variable dividing factor connected in parallel with the first divider circuitry. The reference value is corrected by the voltage dividing factor of the second divider circuitry thereby to correct the excitation of the sensor.