Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) is one of the key enabling technologies for modern IC fabrication. However, mainly due to the high complexities coming from various interactions among mechanical reactions and chemical reactions, its fundamental working mechanism is still not fully understood. This book summarizes key CMP applications and challenges in modern IC fabrication, and provides a comprehensive physical CMP process model that can be applied for process characterization, process optimization, consumable development, and layout design for manufacturing (DFM). The model has been...