Patents by Inventor Shoichi Uchino

Shoichi Uchino 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: 6555295
    Abstract: A very high reflection prevention effect can be produced for a variety of kinds of substrates, including those having transparent films and those having high reflectivity like metallic films, without posing any problem, such as aspect ratios, during the process of forming anti-reflective films This method can form fine and precise resist patterns and therefore improve the yield and reliability of devices to be manufactured. When applied to logic LSIs, this invention enables them to be manufactured at high dimensional precision and increases their operation speeds. While we have shown and described several embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it is understood that the same is not limited thereto, but is susceptible to numerous changes and modifications as is known in the art; and we therefore do not wish to be limited to the details shown and described herein, but intend to cover all such modifications as are encompassed by the scope of the appended claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 6461776
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper interference film for the exposure light and a lower film having higher exposure light absorbance than the upper film and functions as a light shielding film. A third method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film consisting of a lower film that reflects exposure light and an upper film that is an interference film for the exposure light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Publication number: 20020136970
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper interference film for the exposure light and a lower film having higher exposure light absorbance than the upper film and functions as a light shielding film. A third method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film consisting of a lower film that reflects exposure light and an upper film that is an interference film for the exposure light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 6355400
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper interference film for the exposure light and a lower film having higher exposure light absorbance than the upper film and functions as a light shielding film. A third method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film consisting of a lower film that reflects exposure light and an upper film that is an interference film for the exposure light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 6255036
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 6162588
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 5985517
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 5935765
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 5846693
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for forming a resist pattern which solve a problem (dimensional precision degradation) caused by halation and interference phenomena due to reflected light from the substrate, and which are fine and have high precision even with substrates having high reflectivity or substrates having a transparent film or substrates with an uneven surface. A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film. A third method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 5733712
    Abstract: A first method forms between the substrate and resist film an anti-reflective film whose photoabsorbance of the exposure light is greater on the substrate surface side than on the resist surface side. A second method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film made up of an upper-layer film which is an interference film for the exposure light and a lower-layer film which has higher exposure light absorbance than the upper-layer film and functions as a light shielding film. A third method forms between the substrate and resist film a two-layer anti-reflective film consisting of a lower-layer film that reflects the exposure light and an upper-layer film that is an interference film for the exposure light. A very high anti-reflection effect can be obtained without aspect ratio problems during the process of forming the anti-reflective film and without being influenced by the kind of substrate including those having a transparent film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tanaka, Shoichi Uchino, Naoko Asai
  • Patent number: 4985344
    Abstract: A process for forming a pattern comprising forming an alkali-soluble polymer layer on a substrate, forming a radiation-sensitive composition layer containing a diazonium salt on the alkali-soluble polymer layer to form a resist layer having a two-layer structure, exposing the resist layer to a radiation to cause the change in solubility in an aqueous alkaline solution at the boundary between the two layers and forming a predetermined pattern in the resist layer by a usual resist process. The resist layer may comprise a plurality of layers comprising the two-layer structure as a repeating unit structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Uchino, Takumi Ueno, Takao Iwayanagi, Saburo Nonogaki, Michiaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 4857429
    Abstract: An optical contact of a patternwise powdery coating layer is improved by permeating a substantially transparent inorganic material having a refractive index of 1.2 to 2.0 into a paternwise powdery coating layer formed on a substrate, thereby forming a mixture layer of the transparent inorganic material and the powdery coating layer between the patternwise powdery coating layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino, Yoshifumi Tomita, Saburo Nonogaki, Masahiro Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 4815821
    Abstract: A light-transmitting layer is formed on a transparent glass panel, the light-transmitting layer having a larger refractive index than that of the glass panel, and a light-absorbing layer having a light-transmitting region is formed on the light-transmitting layer. The light reflected from the interface of the glass panel and the light-absorbing layer is effectively attenuated by the light-transmitting layer, so that it is possible to obtain an excellent image having a considerably strong contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Saburo Nonogaki, Hajime Morishita, Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino, Yoshifumi Tomita, Masahiro Nishizawa, Kiyoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 4735880
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition comprising (1) at least one diazonium compound selected from among salts and double salts of diazonium ions represented by the general formulas: ##STR1## wherein A stands for a substituent selected from among ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each stand for an alkyl or benzyl group with the proviso that the total number of carbon atoms of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 8 to 16, and (2) at least one nitrate selected from the group consisting of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate and a pattern forming process using such a composition.This composition gets sticky upon exposure to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Morishita, Saburo Nonogaki, Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino, Masahiro Nishizawa, Kiyoshi Miura, Osamu Sasaya, Yoshifumi Tomita
  • Patent number: 4520094
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition turning shicky by light exposure, which comprises a salt or p-aminobenzenediazonium compound and at least one of salts of o- and m-aminobenzenediazonium compounds, has a distinguished effect in forming a phosphor screen of a color picture tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Morishita, Motoo Akagi, Nobuaki Hayashi, Saburo Nonogaki, Shoichi Uchino, Takahiro Kohashi
  • Patent number: 4510226
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition becoming sticky upon exposure to light which comprises (a) a salt of a diazonium compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently --H, --CH.sub.3, --OCH.sub.3 or ##STR2## but R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 cannot be ##STR3## at the same time; and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently a straight-chain lower alkyl group, and (b) a salt of an aromatic diazonium compound having no --OH group directly bonding to a benzene ring, has an improved sensitivity because it contains the salt of the compound represented by the above formula. By using said photosensitive composition, there is provided a process for forming a pattern of powder coated layer excellent in light sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Morishita, Motoo Akagi, Saburo Nonogaki, Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino
  • Patent number: 4409313
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition improved in sensitivity by adding a salt of a compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a straight chain alkyl group, and X, Y and Z each represents H, a straight chain alkyl group or an alkoxy group, but two or more of X, Y and Z can not be H at the same time) to an aromatic diazonium salt which gets sticky upon exposure to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Morishita, Takahiro Kohashi, Saburo Nonogaki, Motoo Akagi, Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino
  • Patent number: 4407916
    Abstract: A process for forming a fluorescent screen, where polychroic patterns are successively formed from at least two kinds of phosphors having different color emission or black powder by means of a photosensitive substance capable of turning tacky by light irradiation, which comprises bringing a finer particulate filling material than particles of the phosphors in contact with tackified parts when or after the particles of the phosphors are applied to the tackified parts in the individual steps of forming patterns each of the individual phosphors. The filling material saturates the tackiness of the phosphor pattern in question in advance to formation of a phosphor pattern in the successive step, and a cause for contamination of the pattern of the preceding step with the phosphor of the successive step can be eliminated thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoo Akagi, Shoichi Uchino, Saburo Nonogaki
  • Patent number: 4377630
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition improved in sensitivity by adding a salt of a compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a straight chain alkyl group, and X, Y and Z each represents H, a straight chain alkyl group or an alkoxy group, but two or more of X, Y and Z can not be H at the same time) to an aromatic diazonium salt which gets sticky upon exposure to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Morishita, Takahiro Kohashi, Saburo Nonogaki, Motoo Akagi, Nobuaki Hayashi, Shoichi Uchino
  • Patent number: 4318971
    Abstract: The photosensitive resin which exhibits stickiness by photo-reaction is added with a binder which does not substantially raise dark reaction, and a resultant mixture is applied onto the inner surface of face panel of the color picture tube to form a film. Portion of the film where powdery material is going to be applied is exposed to light and rendered sticky. Phosphor powder, when used as the powdery material, is applied to the sticky portion and adhered thereto to form a fluorescent screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishizawa, Kiyoshi Miura, Hiroshi Yokomizo, Osamu Sasaya, Hajime Morishita, Shoichi Uchino