Abstract

Abrasives are one of key influencing factors on surface quality during chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). Silica sol, a widely used abrasive in CMP slurries for sapphire substrates, often causes lower material removal rate (MRRs). In the present paper, Fe-doped colloidal ${\mathrm{SiO}}_2$ composite abrasives were prepared by a seed-induced growth method in order to improve the MRR of sapphire substrates. The CMP performance of Fe-doped colloidal ${\mathrm{SiO}}_2$ abrasives on sapphire substrates was investigated using UNIPOL-1502 CMP equipment. Experimental results indicate that the Fe-doped colloidal ${\mathrm{SiO}}_2$ composite abrasives exhibit lower surface roughness and higher MRR than pure colloidal ${\mathrm{SiO}}_2$ abrasives for sapphire substrates under the same testing conditions. Furthermore, the acting mechanism of Fe-doped colloidal ${\mathrm{SiO}}_2$ composite abrasives in sapphire CMP was analyzed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Analytical results show that the Fe in the composite abrasives can react with the sapphire substrates to form aluminum ferrite (${\mathrm{AlFeO}}_3$) during CMP, which promotes the chemical effect in CMP and leads to improvement of MRR.

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