Patents by Inventor Atsushi Miyanari
Atsushi Miyanari 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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Patent number: 8136564Abstract: An attaching device which makes it possible to accurately perform alignment when the diameters of a substrate and a supporting plate are substantially the same includes a mounting plate for mounting a semiconductor wafer thereon, a pressing plate for pressing a supporting plate onto the semiconductor wafer, and a pair of alignment members. The pair of alignment members are arranged to freely move back and forth in a horizontal direction, and blades for supporting a lower surface of the periphery of the supporting plate and pushing members for performing positioning in a state where the supporting plate is superposed on the semiconductor wafer are provided at tip ends of the alignment members.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20120031443Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a substrate adhering to a support film, including a protective film forming measure for forming a protective film on an exposed surface of the support film, wherein the exposed surface is a portion of a surface of the support film to which a first surface of the substrate adheres, but the substrate does not adheres to the exposed surface; and a cleaning measure for cleaning the substrate by use of a cleaning liquid, the substrate adhering to the support film covered with the protective film. The cleaning device can effectively clean a wafer supported by a dicing tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Miyanari
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Patent number: 8097087Abstract: A method of cleaning a support plate according to which, while no waste solution is produced after cleaning the support plate, the support plate can be treated at low cost. The method of cleaning the support plate includes the step of removing an organic substance adhered to the support plate by putting the support plate in contact with oxygen plasma.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuhiro Mitake, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Patent number: 8080123Abstract: A method for stripping a supporting plate from a circuit-formed surface of a substrate to which it is bonded with an adhesive by using a plate which has a first penetrating hole formed in a substantially central portion thereof in the thickness direction, a second penetrating hole formed in a peripheral portion thereof in the thickness direction, and a hole for attracting the supporting plate formed between the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole in the radial direction of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20110297190Abstract: Provided is a method including the steps of: carrying out a storage process by causing a processing jig, which has a supply opening for supplying a first processing liquid, to be positioned such that a storage space section into which the supply opening is open is sandwiched by the processing jig and the process-target surface, and by storing the first processing liquid in the storage space section; and carrying out a rotation process by supplying the first processing liquid onto the process-target surface from the supply opening, while supplying a second processing liquid onto the outer peripheral part, in a state where the process-target object is being rotated, in the step for carrying out the rotation process, the processing jig being moved along a direction which is not a direction along which the process-target object is being rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventor: Atsushi MIYANARI
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Patent number: 7999052Abstract: An adhesive composition according to the present invention is an adhesive composition whose main component is a polymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer composition, which monomer composition contains styrene, (meth)acrylic ester having a cyclic structure, and alkyl (meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The polymer thus having a styrene block segment allows improvement of thermal resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, alkaline resistance, and easiness in stripping following a high temperature process of the adhesive composition. As such, an adhesive composition is provided, which has high thermal resistance, adhesive strength in the high temperature environment, and alkaline resistance, and further which can easily carry out stripping of the adhesive composition after a high temperature process has been carried out to the adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura, Koji Saito
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Publication number: 20110146899Abstract: A method for stripping a supporting plate from a circuit-formed surface of a substrate to which it is bonded with an adhesive by using a plate which has a first penetrating hole formed in a substantially central portion thereof in the thickness direction, a second penetrating hole formed in a peripheral portion thereof in the thickness direction, and a hole for attracting the supporting plate formed between the first penetrating hole and the second penetrating hole in the radial direction of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko NAKAMURA, Atsushi MIYANARI, Yoshihiro INAO
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Patent number: 7919394Abstract: A method for thinning a substrate and a method for manufacturing a circuit device which make it possible to prevent the pattern of penetrating holes of a supporting plate from being transferred to the surface of the substrate and prevent non-uniform grinding of the surface of the substrate from occurring. The supporting plate and the substrate are joined by using an adhesive layer, and a sheet is attached to the supporting plate. The surface of the supporting plate to which the sheet has been attached is mounted and fixed by attraction onto an attracting head. The surface of the semiconductor wafer on which no circuit device is formed is ground by a grinder in this state.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20100331477Abstract: The adhesive composition according to the present invention includes a resin containing a polymer having an alkoxystyrene structure as a repeating unit, and an acid generator. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel adhesive composition which is excellent in heat resistance and which is easily stripped.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Koki TAMURA, Takahiro Asai, Hirofumi Imai, Takahiro Yoshioka, Atsushi Miyanari
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Patent number: 7849905Abstract: A stripping apparatus has a simplified structure for stripping a supporting plate from a layered structure, occupies less space, and strips a supporting plate in a shorter period of time. The stripping apparatus comprises a transfer robot, a cassette, a stripping device and a cleaning device which surround the transfer robot. The stripping device comprises a chucking plate for attracting and retaining a layered structure, and a stripping plate for stripping the supporting plate from the layered structure. The chucking plate is constructed so as to be rotated by 180° within a vertical plane, elevated and lowered in a vertical direction in a state of retaining the layered structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20100227996Abstract: An adhesive composition according to the present invention is an adhesive composition whose main component is a polymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer composition, which monomer composition contains styrene, (meth)acrylic ester having a cyclic structure, and alkyl (meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The polymer thus having a styrene block segment allows improvement of thermal resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, alkaline resistance, and easiness in stripping following a high temperature process of the adhesive composition. As such, an adhesive composition is provided, which has high thermal resistance, adhesive strength in the high temperature environment, and alkaline resistance, and further which can easily carry out stripping of the adhesive composition after a high temperature process has been carried out to the adhesive composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura, Koji Saito
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Publication number: 20100178497Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition which is mainly composed of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing styrene, (meth)acrylic acid ester having a cyclic structure and alkyl (meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The monomer composition may additionally contain a bifunctional monomer, thereby improving heat resistance, adhesive strength under high temperature conditions, and alkali resistance, and easiness in stripping of an adhesive composition that has been processed at a high temperature. Consequently, there can be obtained an adhesive composition which has high heat resistance, adhesion strength under high temperature conditions, and alkali resistance, and which can be easily stripped off after the adhesive composition is processed at a high temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2007Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura, Koji Saito
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Publication number: 20100096080Abstract: A bonding unit (20) bonding a wafer (12) and a support plate (14) with a mediation of an adhesive agent (16) to form a bonded substance (18), and a plasma treatment unit (22) treating the bonded substance (18) with a plasma treatment are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTDInventors: Satoshi Ohya, Atsushi Miyanari
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Publication number: 20100075141Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition whose component is a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing styrene, a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a cyclic structure, and an alkyl(meth)acrylate having a chain structure. The monomer composition further contains a carboxylic acid having an ethylene double bond, a bifunctional monomer, and a styrene macromonomer. The polymer has a styrene block segment. This can improve heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, alkaline resistance, and easiness in stripping of an adhesive composition that has been subjected to a high temperature process. As a result, there can be obtained an adhesive composition which has high heat resistance, adhesive strength in a high temperature environment, and alkali resistance, and which can be easily stripped off after the adhesive composition is processed at a high temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100069593Abstract: An adhesive composition of the present invention includes, as a main component, a polymer produced by copolymerization of a monomer composition including: styrene; a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having a chain structure; a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aliphatic ring; and a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an aromatic ring, wherein: the styrene is contained in a range of 40 to 69 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having the chain structure is contained in a range of 20 to 30 parts by mass; the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aliphatic ring is contained in a range of 10 to 25 parts by mass; and the (meth)acrylic acid ester having the aromatic ring is contained in a range of 1 to 5 parts by mass, where the total amount of the above components is 100 parts by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Akihiko Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100051068Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing apparatus for fluid-processing a process target body. The processing apparatus is configured to have: supply means for supplying a fluid; process target body processing means for processing the process target body by causing a fluid supplied from the supply means to come into contact with a process target body while preventing the fluid from being scattered; recovery means for recovering the fluid supplied to the process target body processing means; and support means for supporting the process target body processing means so as to not come into contact with the process target body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventor: Atsushi Miyanari
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Publication number: 20100024853Abstract: In order to provide a liquid solvent abutment unit for accelerating the reaction of a liquid solvent against an adhesive member existing between a perforated support plate and a wafer, a liquid solvent abutment unit comprises: a supply part for supplying a support plate surface with a liquid solvent; a retention part for retaining the supplied liquid solvent in the hole-formed region on the support plate surface; a recovery part for recovering the liquid solvent retained in the hole-formed region; and a vibration unit for vibrating the liquid solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Yasumasa Iwata
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Publication number: 20090325467Abstract: A wafer can be thinned without occurrences of dimples. A support plate 1 has a number of through holes 10. A circuit forming surface of a wafer 2 is adhered to one surface of the support plate by an adhesive member 4, and a dimple prevention member 3 having a thickness of 100 ?m or more and having an adhesive layer 30 on one face is adhered to the other surface, thus the openings at both ends of the through holes 10 are blocked. The support plate is vacuum adsorbed to a support table through the dimple prevention member, and a non circuit-forming face of the wafer is ground/polished to thin the wafer. The dimple prevention member is stripped off, and a solvent is penetrated into the adhesive member through the through holes to detach the wafer from the support plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Yasumasa Iwata
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Publication number: 20090305617Abstract: A support plate for supporting a wafer includes a plurality of through holes piercing the support plate in the thickness direction, and a belt-shaped or island-like flat portion on which the plurality of through holes are not formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., LtdInventors: Akihiro Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao
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Publication number: 20090288780Abstract: To provide a perforated support plate with high rigidity, the perforated support plate for supporting a surface of a wafer by interposing an adhesive layer comprises a reinforcing part for deflection prevention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Yasumasa Iwata