Soft and conditionable chemical mechanical polishing pad with window

• Main Authors: NOWLAND JOHN G, JAMES DAVID B, HENDRON JEFFREY J, MURNANE JAMES, DEGROOT MARTY W, JENSEN MICHELLE, YEH FENGJI, QIAN BAINIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.06.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS; GRINDING; MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSPORTING

A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided having a polishing layer; and a window incorporated into the polishing layer; wherein the polishing layer comprises a reaction product of ingredients, including: a polishing layer prepolymer and a polishing layer curative system; wherein the polishing layer curative system includes a polishing layer amine initiated polyol curative, a polishing layer high molecular weight polyol curative and a polishing layer difunctional curative; and, wherein the window comprises a reaction product of ingredients, including: a window prepolymer and a window curative system; wherein the window curative system includes a window difunctional curative, a window amine initiated polyol curative and a window high molecular weight polyol curative; and, wherein the polishing layer exhibits a density of 0.6 g/cm3; a Shore D hardness of 5 to 40; an elongation to break of 100 to 450%; and, a cut rate of 25 to 150 μm/hr.