Patents by Inventor Hironori Mizuta
Hironori Mizuta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220069354Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly practical electrolyte solution which has high oxidation resistance and enables dissolution-precipitation of magnesium to proceed repeatedly and stably. The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution for a magnesium battery comprising a mixture of a compound represented by the general formula [1], a Lewis acid or a compound represented by the general formula [4], and a solvent; an electrochemical device containing the electrolyte solution; and a compound represented by the general formula [1].Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Goro MORI, Kazuhiko SATO, Satoru INOMATA, Hironori MIZUTA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11258066Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity that occurs in a case where a silicon-containing active material is used, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical CorporationInventors: Hironori Mizuta, Kazuki Takimoto, Hiromi Watahiki, Kaho Sugimoto, Takatoshi Matsuura, Kuniaki Okamoto, Nobutaka Shimamura
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Publication number: 20210317391Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a kit for a cleaning agent, which is used for the purpose of preparing a cleaning agent that maintains, even after long-term storage, adequate impurity removal performance from the surface of a semiconductor substrate that has been subjected to a CMP process. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a method for preparing the above-described cleaning agent. A kit for a cleaning agent according to the present invention is a kit for preparing a cleaning agent which is used for cleaning of a semiconductor substrate that has been subjected to a CMP process, and which has a pH of from 7.5 to 13.0. This kit for a cleaning agent comprises a first liquid that is acidic and contains a compound represented by formula (1) and a second liquid that is alkaline and contains a basic compound; and an acidic compound is contained in at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi SHIRAHATA, Takahiro YOKOMIZO, Yoshihisa TSURUMI, Tsutomu WATAHIKI, Takayuki KAJIKAWA, Kohei HAYASHI, Hironori MIZUTA
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Publication number: 20210280870Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a positive electrode active material for a magnesium battery; and a magnesium battery which has a high operating voltage with respect to magnesium and can be repeatedly charged and discharged at a high capacity retention rate, using the positive electrode active material. The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a magnesium battery, containing a compound represented by the general formula (1), a positive electrode material composition for a magnesium battery, a positive electrode for a magnesium battery, and a magnesium battery: AgpSO4??(1) [in the formula (1), p satisfies 0<p?2].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Kazuhiko SATO, Hironori MIZUTA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200235396Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity that occurs in a case where a silicon-containing active material is used, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Hironori MIZUTA, Kazuki TAKIMOTO, Hiromi WATAHIKI, Kaho SUGIMOTO, Takatoshi MATSUURA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20190367657Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode. The present invention relates to “a binder agent composition containing a copolymer containing a monomer unit derived from acrylic acid and one or two kinds of monomer units derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or the like as constituent components, a bivalent to decavalent alcohol, and water; [in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, in a case where R2 is a hydrogen atom, R1 represents a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom; an alkyl group; an alkyl group substituted with a fluorine atom or a hydroxy group, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Hironori MIZUTA, Kazuki TAKIMOTO, Hiromi WATAHIKI, Kaho SUGIMOTO, Takatoshi MATSUURA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA
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Patent number: 10367231Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrolytic solution having high oxidation decomposition potential, where dissolution and deposition of magnesium proceed repeatedly and stably, using a non-nucleophilic alkoxide-type magnesium salt.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Sato, Takahiro Kiyosu, Hironori Mizuta, Goro Mori, Kuniaki Okamoto
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Patent number: 9862914Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning agent for a semiconductor substrate having a copper wiring film or a copper alloy wiring film, and a cobalt-containing film to be used in a post-process of a chemical mechanical polishing process, comprising (A) an organic acid represented by general formula described in the present specification, (B) amines selected from the group consisting of (B-1) diamines, (B-2) amidines, (B-3) azoles, and (B-4) pyrazines or pyrimidines, represented by general formulae described in the present specification, (C) a hydroxylamine derivative, and (D) an oxygen scavenger represented by general formula described in the present specification, and being an aqueous solution having a pH of 10 or higher; and a processing method for the surface of a semiconductor substrate, having a copper wiring film or a copper alloy wiring film, and a cobalt-containing film, which comprises using the cleaning agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Kajikawa, Kohei Hayashi, Hironori Mizuta, Tsutomu Watahiki
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Publication number: 20170331154Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrolytic solution having high oxidation decomposition potential, where dissolution and deposition of magnesium proceed repeatedly and stably, using a non-nucleophilic alkoxide-type magnesium salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko SATO, Takahiro KIYOSU, Hironori MIZUTA, Goro MORI, Kuniaki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9803161Abstract: A cleaning agent is provided for a semiconductor substrate superior in corrosion resistance of a tungsten wiring or a tungsten alloy wiring, and superior in removal property of polishing fines (particle) such as silica or alumina, remaining at surface of the semiconductor substrate, in particular, at surface of a silicon oxide film such as a TEOS film, after a chemical mechanical polishing process; and a method for processing a semiconductor substrate surface. A cleaning agent for a semiconductor substrate is to be used in a post process of a chemical mechanical polishing process of the semiconductor substrate having a tungsten wiring or a tungsten alloy wiring, and a silicon oxide film, comprising (A) a phosphonic acid-based chelating agent, (B) a primary or secondary monoamine having at least one alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group in a molecule and (C) water, wherein a pH is over 6 and below 7.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Kawada, Hironori Mizuta, Tsuneaki Maesawa
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Publication number: 20160272924Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning agent for a semiconductor substrate having a copper wiring film or a copper alloy wiring film, and a cobalt-containing film to be used in a post-process of a chemical mechanical polishing process, comprising (A) an organic acid represented by general formula described in the present specification, (B) amines selected from the group consisting of (B-1) diamines, (B-2) amidines, (B-3) azoles, and (B-4) pyrazines or pyrimidines, represented by general formulae described in the present specification, (C) a hydroxylamine derivative, and (D) an oxygen scavenger represented by general formula described in the present specification, and being an aqueous solution having a pH of 10 or higher; and a processing method for the surface of a semiconductor substrate, having a copper wiring film or a copper alloy wiring film, and a cobalt-containing film, which comprises using the cleaning agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Kajikawa, Kohei Hayashi, Hironori Mizuta, Tsutomu Watahiki
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Publication number: 20160060584Abstract: It is a subject of the present invention to provide a cleaning agent for a substrate having a metal wiring, and a cleaning method for a semiconductor substrate comprising that the cleaning agent is used, by which following effects (1) to (5) are obtained, in a cleaning process after chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device. (1) Residues of fine particles (polishing agents) used in the CMP process, fine particles (metal particles) derived from a polished metal, an anticorrosive, and the like, can be removed sufficiently. (2) A coating film (protective film: oxidation resistant film) on a surface of the metal wiring, containing a complex between an anticorrosive, such as benzotriazole or quinaldic acid, and a surface metal of the metal wiring, formed in the CMP process, can be removed (stripped) sufficiently. (3) An oxide film containing a metal oxide can be formed after removal (stripping) of the coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Tsutomu Watahiki, Tsuneaki Maesawa
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Publication number: 20150140820Abstract: A cleaning agent is provided for a semiconductor substrate superior in corrosion resistance of a tungsten wiring or a tungsten alloy wiring, and superior in removal property of polishing fines (particle) such as silica or alumina, remaining at surface of the semiconductor substrate, in particular, at surface of a silicon oxide film such as a TEOS film, after a chemical mechanical polishing process; and a method for processing a semiconductor substrate surface. A cleaning agent for a semiconductor substrate is to be used in a post process of a chemical mechanical polishing process of the semiconductor substrate having a tungsten wiring or a tungsten alloy wiring, and a silicon oxide film, comprising (A) a phosphonic acid-based chelating agent, (B) a primary or secondary monoamine having at least one alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group in a molecule and (C) water, wherein a pH is over 6 and below 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Kawada, Hironori Mizuta, Tsuneaki Maesawa
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Patent number: 9034810Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a semiconductor surface treating agent; composition which is capable of stripping an anti-reflection coating layer, a resist layer, and a cured resist layer in the production process of a semiconductor device and the like easily and in a short time, as well as a method for treating a semiconductor surface, comprising that the composition is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Takuhiro Kimura
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Patent number: 9006164Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a resist remover composition for semiconductor substrate which enables to remove a resist simply and easily in the photolithography process in the semiconductor field, and a method for removing a resist comprising that the composition is used. The present invention relates to a resist remover composition for semiconductor substrate, comprising [I] a carbon radical generating agent, [II] an acid, [III] a reducing agent, and [IV] an organic solvent, and having pH of lower than 7, and a method for removing a resist, comprising that the composition is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Masahiko Kakizawa
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Patent number: 8900371Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning agent for a substrate and a cleaning method thereof, which can effectively remove fine particles (particles) present on a surface of substrate or impurities derived from various kinds of metals (metallic impurities), without causing roughness surface of a substrate, in particular, a semiconductor substrate, and without causing corrosion or oxidation of metal wirings, in particular, copper wirings, provided on a surface of substrate, and can further remove at the same time a carbon defect present on a surface of substrate, without removing a metal corrosion inhibitor—Cu film, in particular, a Cu-BTA film.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Masahiko Kakizawa, Ichiro Hayashida
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Patent number: 8828918Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor surface treating agent composition, which can realize easy removing of an anti-reflection coating layer in a production process of a semiconductor device or the like at a low temperature in a short time, a method for treating a semiconductor surface using the same, and further a semiconductor surface treating agent composition, which can realize not only removing of both layer of an anti-reflection coating layer and a resist layer, but can realize even removing of a cured resist layer produced in an etching process, and a method for treating a semiconductor surface using the same. The semiconductor surface treating agent composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising a compound which generates a fluorine ion in water, a carbon radical generating agent, and water and optionally an organic solvent, and the method for treating a semiconductor surface of the present invention is characterized by using the composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Osamu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20130261040Abstract: A cleaning agent for a substrate having a copper wiring consisting of an aqueous solution comprising [I] an amino acid represented by the following general formula [1], and [II] an alkylhydroxylamine; and a method for cleaning a semiconductor substrate having a copper wiring characterized by using the relevant cleaning agent for a substrate having a copper wiring; (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxymethyl group or a carboxyethyl group; and R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which may have a hydroxyl group, provided that those where R1 to R3 are all hydrogen atoms are excluded.).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiromi Kawada, Satoshi Shirahata, Hironori Mizuta, Masahiko Kakizawa, Kazuo Shiraki
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Publication number: 20130171835Abstract: The purpose of the present invention to provide: a composition which can be used for water-repellent treating of the entire surface of a semiconductor substrate having a pattern formed by laminating a Si-containing insulating layer and a metal layer, at one time; and a method for water-repellent treatment of the semiconductor substrate surface using the composition. The present invention relates to: (1) a composition for water-repellent treatment of a semiconductor substrate surface comprising a) at least one kind of a compound selected from the group consisting of a long-chain alkyl tertiary amine and a long-chain alkyl ammonium salt, b) a base or an acid generating agent, having a condensed ring structure or forming a condensed ring structure by generating a base or an acid and c) a polar organic solvent, and (2) a method for water-repellent treatment of the semiconductor substrate surface having the pattern formed by laminating the Si-containing insulating layer and the metal layer, using the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Yoji Urano, Masahiko Kakizawa
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Publication number: 20120172274Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a resist remover composition for semiconductor substrate which enables to remove a resist simply and easily in the photolithography process in the semiconductor field, and a method for removing a resist comprising that the composition is used. The present invention relates to a resist remover composition for semiconductor substrate, comprising [I] a carbon radical generating agent, [II] an acid, [III] a reducing agent, and [IV] an organic solvent, and having pH of lower than 7, and a method for removing a resist, comprising that the composition is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Masahiko Kakizawa