A fundamental component of modern electronic goods is the semiconductor. More powerful, faster and smaller processors are in constant demand for many services and goods because of the advent of the ...

For decades, semiconductor manufacturers have used chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) as the primary technique for the smoothing and leveling (planarization) of dielectrics and metal layers. CMP ...

Chipmakers are relying on machine learning for electroplating and wafer cleaning at leading-edge process nodes, augmenting traditional fault detection/classification and statistical process control in ...

To allow real-time control of dielectric chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes to the 45 nm device node and beyond, Santa Clara, Calif.-based semiconductor manufacturing equipment leader ...

AURORA, Ill., Oct. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq:CCMP), the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and growing ...

Electronic and computer processors with a higher speed need smaller features for integrated circuits (IC), which also need smoother and smaller substrate surfaces. Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) ...

In semiconductor manufacturing, the chemical mechanical polishing (or CMP) step is used to planarize, or create a level topography, between each layer of the interconnect structure as the device is ...