Abstract: A wafer processing laminate is provided comprising a support, a temporary adhesive layer on the support, and a wafer laid on the temporary adhesive layer. The temporary adhesive layer has a trilayer structure consisting of a first bond layer (A) of thermoplastic organosiloxane polymer which is releasably bonded to the circuit-forming front surface of the wafer, a second bond layer (B) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer which is laid on the first bond layer, and a third bond layer (A?) of thermoplastic organosiloxane polymer which is laid on the second bond layer and releasably bonded to the support.

Abstract: The present invention provided is the temporary adhesive for wafer processing which temporarily bonds a wafer having a circuit face on the front surface and a processing face on the back surface to a support, and includes a first temporary adhesive layer which is a layer (A) of a thermoplastic resin modified organopolysiloxane obtained by partial dehydration condensation of an organopolysiloxane resin containing a R21R22R23SiO1/2, and a SiO4/2 unit in a molar ratio of R21R22R23SiO1/2 unit/SiO4/2 unit of 0.6 to 1.7 and an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1), and a second temporary adhesive layer which is a thermosetting modified siloxane polymer layer (B) which is laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer and is releasably bonded to the support.

Abstract: A silicone resin comprising constitutional units represented by formula (1) and having a Mw of 3,000-500,000 contains 10-50 wt % of (A-1) a first silicone resin having a silicone content of 10-40 wt % and (A-2) a second silicone resin having a silicone content of 50-80 wt %. A resin composition comprising the silicone resin can be formed in film form, and it possesses satisfactory covering or encapsulating performance to large size/thin wafers. The resin composition or resin film ensures satisfactory adhesion, low warpage, and wafer protection. The resin film is useful in wafer-level packages.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate including a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed on the support, and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, the wafer having a circuit-forming front surface and back surface to be processed, wherein the temporary adhesive material layer includes a complex temporary adhesive material layer having two-layered structure including a first temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A) having a film thickness of less than 100 nm and a second temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermosetting siloxane-modified polymer layer (B), the first temporary adhesive layer being releasably laminated to the front surface of the wafer, the second temporary adhesive layer being releasably laminated to the first temporary adhesive layer and the support. A temporary adhesive material for a wafer processing which withstand a thermal process at high temperature exceeding 300° C.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing a wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer, which facilitates to establish a temporary adhering the wafer and the support, enables to form a layer of uniform thickness on a heavily stepped substrate, and is compatible with the TSV formation and wafer back surface interconnect forming steps, and the wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed, wherein the temporary adhesive material layer includes a three-layered structure composite temporary adhesive material layer.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate is provided comprising a support (3), a temporary adhesive layer (2), and a wafer (1). The temporary adhesive layer (2) has a trilayer structure consisting of a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic siloxane bond-free polymer, a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermoplastic siloxane polymer, and a third temporary bond layer (C) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer. In a peripheral region, the second layer (B) is removed so that the first layer (A) is in close contact with the third layer (C).

Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising an epoxy-containing polymer, a photoacid generator in the form of an onium salt having tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate anion, a solvent, and optionally an epoxy resin crosslinker forms a coating which serves as a protective film for the protection of electric/electronic parts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer process body, a temporary adhesive layer is formed on a supporting body, and a wafer having a circuit-formed front surface and a to-be-processed back surface is stacked on the temporary adhesive layer, wherein the temporary adhesive layer is provided with a first temporary adhesive layer including a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane layer (A) which is adhered to the front surface of the wafer so as to be detachable and a second temporary adhesive layer comprised of a thermosetting-modified siloxane polymer layer (B) which is stacked on the first temporary adhesive layer and adhered to the supporting body so as to be detachable. Thus, temporary adhesion of a wafer with a supporting body may become easy, process conformity with the TSV formation process and with the wafer-back surface-wiring process may become high, and removal may be done easily, with high productivity.

Abstract: A temporary bonding adhesive composition includes a first compound including a thermosetting polyorganosiloxane and a second compound including a thermoplastic polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: A micro-structure is manufactured by patterning a sacrificial film, forming an inorganic material film on the pattern, providing the inorganic material film with an aperture, and etching away the sacrificial film pattern through the aperture to define a space having the contour of the pattern. The patterning stage includes the steps of (A) forming a sacrificial film using a composition comprising a cresol novolac resin and a crosslinker, (B) exposing patternwise the film to first high-energy radiation, (C) developing, and (D) exposing the sacrificial film pattern to second high-energy radiation and heat treating for thereby forming crosslinks within the cresol novolac resin.

Abstract: A temporary adhesive for which temporary adhesion and subsequent detachment are simple. The temporary adhesive composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 15,000, obtained by a hydrosilylation reaction between (A1) and (A2) described below, and (B) an organic solvent having a boiling point of not more than 220° C., wherein (A1) is an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight exceeding 2,000, comprising 35 to 99 mol % of T siloxane units and 1 to 25 mol % of M siloxane units, and in which alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms represent at least 2 mol % of all the organic groups bonded to silicon atoms, and (A2) is a specific organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms or a specific hydrosilyl group-containing compound.

Abstract: A micro-structure is manufactured by patterning a sacrificial film, forming an inorganic material film on the pattern, providing the inorganic material film with an aperture, and etching away the sacrificial film pattern through the aperture to define a space having the contour of the pattern. The patterning stage includes the steps of (A) forming a sacrificial film using a composition comprising a cresol novolac resin and a crosslinker, (B) exposing patternwise the film to first high-energy radiation, (C) developing, and (D) exposing the sacrificial film pattern to second high-energy radiation and heat treating for thereby forming crosslinks within the cresol novolac resin.

Abstract: A temporary adhesive for which temporary adhesion and subsequent detachment are simple. The temporary adhesive composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 15,000, obtained by a hydrosilylation reaction between (A1) and (A2) described below, and (B) an organic solvent having a boiling point of not more than 220° C., wherein (A1) is an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a weight-average molecular weight exceeding 2,000, comprising 35 to 99 mol % of T siloxane units and 1 to 25 mol % of M siloxane units, and in which alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms represent at least 2 mol % of all the organic groups bonded to silicon atoms, and (A2) is a specific organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms or a specific hydrosilyl group-containing compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane containing the following units (I) to (III): (I) a siloxane unit (T unit) represented by R1SiO3/2: 40 to 99 mol %; (II) a siloxane unit (D unit) represented by R2R3SiO2/2: 59 mol % or less; and (III) a siloxane unit (M unit) represented by R4R5R6SiO1/2: 1 to 30 mol %. There can be an organopolysiloxane, which is soluble in a nonpolar organic solvent so that the organopolysiloxane can be peeled in a short time, and which is hardly soluble in a polar organic solvent to be exemplarily used upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom so that the organopolysiloxane is not peeled from the supporting substrate upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing a wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer, which facilitates to establish a temporary adhering the wafer and the support, enables to form a layer of uniform thickness on a heavily stepped substrate, and is compatible with the TSV formation and wafer back surface interconnect forming steps, and the wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed, wherein the temporary adhesive material layer includes a three-layered structure composite temporary adhesive material layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photocurable dry film including a structure having a photocurable resin layer sandwiched between a support film and a protective film, the photocurable resin layer being formed of a photocurable resin composition including ingredients (A) to (D): (A) a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound having the repeating units represented by the following general formula (1) wherein X and Y, respectively, a divalent organic group represented by the following general formula (2) or (3) (B) a crosslinking agent selected from formalin-modified or formalin-alcohol-modified amino condensates and phenolic compound having on average two or more methylol groups or alkoxymethylol groups in one molecule; (C) a photoacid generator capable of generating an acid by decomposition with light having a wavelength of 190 to 500 nm; and (D) a solvent.

Abstract: Provided is a silphenylene-containing photocurable composition including: (A) a specific silphenylene having both terminals modified with alicyclic epoxy groups, and (C) a photoacid generator that generates acid upon irradiation with light having a wavelength of 240 to 500 nm. Also provided is a pattern formation method including: (i) forming a film of the photocurable composition on a substrate, (ii) exposing the film through a photomask with light having a wavelength of 240 to 500 nm, and if necessary, performing heating following the exposure, and (iii) developing the film in a developing liquid, and if necessary, performing post-curing at a temperature within a range from 120 to 300° C. following the developing. Further provided is an optical semiconductor element obtained by performing pattern formation using the method.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer using the same. The wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed. The temporary adhesive material layer includes a first temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A) releasably adhered on a surface of the wafer, a second temporary adhesive layer of a radiation curable polymer layer (B) laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer, and a third temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A?) laminated on the second temporary adhesive layer and releasably adhered to the support.

Abstract: A photocurable composition includes: (A) an epoxy group-containing polymer compound having repeating units represented by the following formula (1), where R1 to R4 are each a hydrocarbon group, m is an integer of 1 to 100, a, b, c and d are each 0 or a positive number, such that 0<(c+d)/(a+b+c+d)?1.0, and X and Y are each the formula (2) or (3), provided that at least one group of the formula (3) is present, (B) a photoacid generator represented by the formula (8) ?and (C) a solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-curable resin composition, which contains a polyimide silicone having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group, as a component (A); at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amino condensation product modified with formalin or a formalin-alcohol and a phenol compound having two or more in average of methylol group or alkoxymethylol group in one molecule thereof, as a component (B); and a photo-acid generator as a component (C). When used as an adhesive, the photo-curable resin composition further contains a multifunctional epoxy compound as a component (D).