The present disclosure provides a polishing pad, which may maintain polishing performances required for a polishing process, such as a removal rate and a polishing profile, minimize defects that may occur on a wafer during the polishing process, and polish layers of different materials so as to have the same level of flatness even when the layers are polished at the same time, and a method for producing the polishing pad. In addition, according to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine a polishing pad, which shows an optimal removal rate selectivity along with excellent performance in a CMP process, through the physical property values of the polishing pad without a direct polishing test.

The present disclosure provides a polishing pad, which may maintain polishing performances required for a polishing process, such as a removal rate and a polishing profile, minimize defects that may occur on a wafer during the polishing process, and polish layers of different materials so as to have the same level of flatness even when the layers are polished at the same time, and a method for producing the polishing pad. In addition, according to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine a polishing pad, which shows an optimal removal rate selectivity along with excellent performance in a CMP process, through the physical property values of the polishing pad without a direct polishing test.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.

The present invention relates to a chemical mechanical polishing pad having a pattern structure. The configuration of the present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing pad having a pattern structure including a polishing pad configured to polish a wafer placed thereon; and a plurality of figure units formed on the polishing pad and formed to protrude from an upper portion of the polishing pad. The figure units are formed to have a predetermined contact area ratio and a predetermined circumferential length per unit area which correspond to a target polishing characteristic.

A polishing pad is provided. The polishing pad, suitable for a polishing process, includes a polishing layer, an adhesive layer and at least one heat storage material. The polishing layer has a polishing surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The adhesive layer is disposed on the back surface of the polishing layer. A region where the at least one heat storage material is disposed is located above the adhesive layer.

A polishing pad is provided. The polishing pad, suitable for a polishing process, includes a polishing layer, an adhesive layer and at least one heat storage material. The polishing layer has a polishing surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The adhesive layer is disposed on the back surface of the polishing layer. A region where the at least one heat storage material is disposed is located above the adhesive layer.

A polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polishing pad further includes a subpad, which is coupled to the polishing layer, and has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. At least 50% of the subpad, based on the total surface area of the first major surface of the subpad, is optically transparent.

A polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polishing pad further includes a subpad, which is coupled to the polishing layer, and has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. At least 50% of the subpad, based on the total surface area of the first major surface of the subpad, is optically transparent.

Disclosed is a method for producing a polishing pad, the method comprising the steps of: providing a polishing layer; forming a first through-hole penetrating the polishing layer; providing a support layer facing the polishing layer; interposing an adhesive layer between the polishing layer, which has the first through-hole, and support layer, and adhering the polishing layer and support layer to each other by means of the adhesive layer; forming, with the first through-hole as a reference point, a third through-hole penetrating the adhesive layer on a set area thereof, and a second through-hole penetrating the support layer on a set area thereof; and inserting a window inside the first through-hole.