FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIBOLOGICAL, THERMAL, FLUID DYNAMIC AND WEAR ATTRIBUTES OF CONSUMABLES IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION

This dissertation presents several studies relating to fundamental characterization of CMP consumables in planarization processes. These are also evaluated with the purposes of minimizing environmental impact and reducing cost of ownership (COO).The first study is conducted to obtain the retaining r...

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Main Author: Wei, Xiaomin
Other Authors: Philipossian, Ara
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2010
Subjects:
CMP
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195125