Patents Assigned to EKC Technology K.K.
  • Publication number: 20080076260
    Abstract: One example of a separation-material composition for a photo-resist according to the present invention comprises 5.0 weight % of sulfamic acid, 34.7 weight % of H2O, 0.3 weight % of ammonium 1-hydrogen difluoride, 30 weight % of N,N-dimethylacetamide and 30 weight % of diethylene glycol mono-n-buthyl ether. Another example of a separation-material composition for a photo-resist according to the present invention comprises 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 3.0 weight % of 1-diphosphonic acid, 0.12 weight % of ammonium fluoride, 48.38 weight % of H2O and 48.5 weight % of diethylene glycol mono-n-buthyl ether. The separation-material composition for the photo-resist is mainly used for a medicinal liquid washing liquid/scientific liquid in order to remove the photo-resist residuals and the by-product polymer after an ashing process of a photo-resist mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Masafumi Muramatsu, Hayato Iwamoto, Kazumi Asada, Tomoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Hiraga, Testu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7341827
    Abstract: One example of a separation-material composition for a photo-resist according to the present invention comprises 5.0 weight % of sulfamic acid, 34.7 weight % of H2O, 0.3 weight % of ammonium 1-hydrogen difluoride, 30 weight % of N,N-dimethylacetamide and 30 weight % of diethylene glycol mono-n-buthyl ether. Another example of a separation-material composition for a photo-resist according to the present invention comprises 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 3.0 weight % of 1-diphosphonic acid, 0.12 weight % of anmonium fluoride, 48.38 weight % of H2O and 48.5 weight % of diethylene glycol mono-n-buthl ether. The separation-material composition for the photo-resist is mainly used for a medicinal liquid washing liquid/scientific liquid in order to remove the photo-resist residuals and the by-product polymer after an ashing process of a photo-resist mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Masafumi Muramatsu, Hayato Iwamoto, Kazumi Asada, Tomoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Hiraga, Tetsuo Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7250391
    Abstract: The cleaning composition for removing resists includes a salt of hydrofluoric acid and a base not containing a metal (A component), a water-soluble organic solvent (B1 component), at least one organic acid or inorganic acid (C component), water (D component), and, optionally, an ammonium salt (E1 component), and having a pH 4-8. Thus, in manufacturing a semiconductor device, such as a copper interconnecting process, efficiency of removing resist residue and other etching residue after etching or ashing is improved, and corrosion resistance of a copper and an insulating film is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Itaru Kanno, Yasuhiro Asaoka, Masahiko Higashi, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Etsuro Kishio, Tetsuo Aoyama, Tomoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Hiraga, Toshihiko Nagai
  • Patent number: 7087563
    Abstract: A resist stripping composition capable of reliably stripping off resist residue or polymer residue and keeping damage to the interconnects to a minimum and a method of producing a semiconductor device using the same, where the resist stripping composition comprises a salt of hydrofluoric acid and a base not including a metal, an organic solvent, a sugar alcohol such as xylitol, and water and has a hydrogen ion concentration of at least 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Hayato Iwamoto, Ryuichi Kanamura, Ai Endou, Tomoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Hiraga
  • Patent number: 6827752
    Abstract: A problem to be solved is to provide a slurry that is capable of flattening an uneven film on a substrate with good precision, and that has good stability, not separating into two layers, solidifying through flocculated settling or undergoing changes in viscosity. This problem is solved by adding poly ammonium acrylates having different degrees of neutralization to one another as surfactants to a cerium oxide slurry containing cerium oxide particles, and suitably adjusting the total amount of polyacrylates added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Haruki Nojo, Akitoshi Yoshida, Pascal Berar
  • Publication number: 20040116315
    Abstract: This invention provides a liquid composition for cleaning a hydrophobic substrate which is used for cleaning a substrate having a surface area on which a water droplet exhibits a contact angle of 60° or more, comprising a phosphonic acid chelating agent having at least two phosphonic groups in one molecule and a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether type of nonionic surfactant, wherein a droplet of the liquid composition or a dilute aqueous solution thereof exhibits a contact angle of 50° or less to the surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicants: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, EKC TECHNOLOGY K.K.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Hiroaki Tomimori, Yoshiko Kasama, Haruki Nojo
  • Publication number: 20040106531
    Abstract: The cleaning composition for removing resists includes a salt of hydrofluoric acid and a base not containing a metal (A component), a water-soluble organic solvent (B1 component), at least one acid selected from a group consisting of organic acid and inorganic acid (C component), water (D component), and optionally an ammonium salt (E1 component), and its hydrogen ion concentration (pH) is 4-8. Thus, in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device such as a copper interconnecting process, removing efficiency of resist residue and other etching residue after etching or ashing improves, and corrosion resistance of copper and insulating film also improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicants: Renesas Technology Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., EKC Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Itaru Kanno, Yasuhiro Asaoka, Masahiko Higashi, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Etsuro Kishio, Tetsuo Aoyama, Tomoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Hiraga, Toshihiko Nagai