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Firstly, the mechanical structure, as well as the signal transmission and control of the DSP system, are discussed, in which the thickness feedback control is emphasized. Then, the precise positioning of the laser probe is explored to obtain the continuous and valid scan data of the wafer thickness. After that, a B-spline model is applied for the characterization of the wafer thickness function to provide the thickness control system with credible thickness deviation information. Finally, experiments of wafer-thickness evaluation and control are conducted on the presented DSP system. With the advisable number of control points in B-spline fitting, the thickness variation can be effectively controlled in wafer polishing with the DSP system, according to the experimental results of curve fitting and the statistical analysis of the experimental data.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20061603","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,13]],"date-time":"2020-03-13T08:58:59Z","timestamp":1584089939000},"page":"1603","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Laser-based Thickness Control in a Double-Side Polishing System for Silicon Wafers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Liang","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Biao","family":"Mei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Quanzhou Institute of Equipment manufacturing, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Quanzhou 362216, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Weidong","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1016\/S0007-8506(07)62110-6","article-title":"Development of Single Step Grinding System for Large Scale \u03d5300 Si Wafer: A Total Integrated Fixed-Abrasive Solution","volume":"50","author":"Eda","year":"2001","journal-title":"Cirp. 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