Patents by Inventor Rikako Kani

Rikako Kani 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).

  • Patent number: 6270948
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern which comprises the steps of, forming an organosilicon film on a work film, the organosilicon film comprising an organosilicon compound having a silicon-silicon bond in a backbone chain thereof and a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or more, forming a resist pattern on the organosilicon film, and transcribing the resist pattern on the organosilicon film through an etching of the organosilicon film by making use of an etching gas containing at least one kind of atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine. The organosilicon pattern obtained by the etching is employed as a mask for patterning the work film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sato, Yoshihiko Nakano, Rikako Kani, Shuji Hayase, Yasunobu Onishi, Eishi Shiobara, Seiro Miyoshi, Hideto Matsuyama, Masaki Narita, Sawako Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 6025117
    Abstract: A polysilane having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (LPS-I), ##STR1## wherein A is a bivalent organic group, R.sup.1 substituents may be the same or different and are selected from hydrogen atom and substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group and silyl group. The polysilane is excellent in solublity in an organic solvent so that it can be formed into a film by way of a coating method, which is excellent in mechanical strength and heat resistance. The polysilane can be employed as an etching mask to be disposed under a resist in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. The polysilane exhibits anti-reflective effect during exposure, a large etch rate ratio in relative to a resist, and excellent dry etching resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nakano, Rikako Kani, Shuji Hayase, Yasuhiko Sato, Seiro Miyoshi, Toru Ushirogouchi, Sawako Yoshikawa, Hideto Matsuyama, Yasunobu Onishi, Masaki Narita, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 6004730
    Abstract: There is proposed a method of forming an insulating film pattern, which enables an insulating pattern of high precision and low dielectric constant to be easily obtained by means of an alkali development with basic solution. This method comprises the steps of coating a photosensitive composition comprising a first silicone polymer having a specific monomer and a second silicone polymer having a specific monomer on a substrate thereby to form a film of photosensitive composition, selectively exposing the film of photosensitive composition, alkali-developing the exposed film to form a pattern, and heat-treating the pattern of the photosensitive composition film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Mikoshiba, Yoshihiko Nakano, Rikako Kani, Shuji Hayase
  • Patent number: 5994007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pattern forming method, comprising the steps of providing a resist film, applying a light exposure to the resist film, with a film directly above the resist film and another film directly below the resist film being made insulative, applying a charged beam exposure to the resist film, with the film directly above the resist film and the other film directly below the resist film being made conductive, and developing the resist film to form a resist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sato, Atsushi Ando, Yasunobu Onishi, Yoshihiko Nakano, Shuji Hayase, Rikako Kani
  • Patent number: 5985513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive composition comprising a polysilane having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) and a benzophenone type compound having an organic peroxide, ##STR1## wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Rikako Kani, Yoshihiko Nakano, Shuji Hayase
  • Patent number: 5962581
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern comprising the steps of forming a film of an organosilane compound comprising a polysilane having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) on a substrate, irradiating an actinic radiation onto a predetermined portion of the film of the organosilane compound formed on the substrate, and removing the predetermined portion of the film irradiated by the actinic radiation by dissolving it with an aqueous alkaline developing solution. ##STR1## wherein Ar is a substituted or non-substituted aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shuzi Hayase, Yoshihiko Nakano, Rikako Kani, Mao Ito, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Takeshi Okino, Sawako Fujioka
  • Patent number: 5702776
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a colored material wherein ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto an organic silicon compound film having any one of repeating units represented by the following general formulas (1) to (3), and then the film is heat-dried to turn the film into a three-dimensional structure. This process is repeated for each of R, G and B. As a result, a color filter provided with a color layer comprising a three-dimensional structure composed of silicon atom having one Si--C bond and formed through Si--O--Si bonds, and having a plurality of regions containing three different colors of R, G and B are contained therein can be manufactured. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbon group, R.sup.2 is a substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbon group or acyl group, and R.sup.3 is a substituted or non-substituted silyl group or polysilane skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shuzi Hayase, Yoshihiko Nakano, Rikako Kani
  • Patent number: 5362559
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polysilane monomolecular film and a polysilane built-up film formed by building up a plurality of said monomolecular films, said monomolecular film consisting of a polysilane having a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) given below: ##STR1## where, R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which can be substituted, and X represents hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, or a hydrophilic group having at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, amide linkage, ester linkage, carbamate linkage and carbonate linkage. The polysilane monomolecular film and built-up film can be formed on a substrate by an LB technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shuji Hayase, Yoshihiko Nakano, Yukihiro Mikogami, Akira Yoshizumi, Shinji Murai, Rikako Kani