Claims
- 1. A polishing apparatus comprising:
a polishing table having a polishing surface thereon; a top ring for pressing a workpiece to be polished against said polishing surface; a dresser for dressing said polishing surface on the polishing table, said dresser including
(i) a dressing element provided on a surface of said dresser for dressing said polishing surface by sliding contact with said polishing surface, and (ii) an ejection nozzle provided on the surface of said dresser for ejecting a mixture, of a fluid supplied from a fluid source and a gas supplied from a gas source, toward said polishing surface.
- 2. The polishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said dressing element is annularly disposed on a lower surface of said dresser, and said ejection nozzle is disposed inside of said dressing element.
- 3. The polishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
said dressing element has a fluid flow hole defined therethrough for flowing the mixture of the fluid and the gas to a lower surface of said dressing element, and a fluid ejection slot defined in the lower surface of said dressing element; and said fluid ejection slot is extended from said fluid flow hole to an outer circumferential edge of said dressing element.
- 4. The polishing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said fluid ejection slot is extended toward an outer circumferential edge of said dresser.
Priority Claims (1)
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2000-294666 |
Sep 2000 |
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Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/962,330, filed Sep. 26, 2001.
Divisions (1)
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09962330 |
Sep 2001 |
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10895395 |
Jul 2004 |
US |