The performance of colloidal silica and ceria based slurries on CMP of 6H-SiC substrates were evaluated.
There was a significant difference in the CMP performance of 6H-SiC between silica and ceria based slurries.
For the ceria based slurries, a higher MRR was obtained, especially in strong acid KMnO4 environment.
The maximum MRR of silica and ceria based slurries were 185 nm/h and 1089 nm/h respectively.