Patents by Inventor Hironori Ochi

Hironori Ochi 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: 10332795
    Abstract: It is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including the following steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride film on the rear surface; forming an interlayer insulating film having a via hole on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a via-fill selectively within the via hole. The method further includes the steps of: performing the wafer rear surface cleaning to expose the surface of the silicon nitride film formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; and thereafter, forming a photoresist film made of chemical amplification type resist on the interlayer insulating film and the via-fill over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate is stored in an atmosphere with the ammonium ion concentration of 1000 ?g/m3 and less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Maeshima, Kotaro Horikoshi, Katsuhiko Hotta, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hironori Ochi, Kenichi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20170358489
    Abstract: It is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including the following steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride film on the rear surface; forming an interlayer insulating film having a via hole on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a via-fill selectively within the via hole. The method further includes the steps of: performing the wafer rear surface cleaning to expose the surface of the silicon nitride film formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; and thereafter, forming a photoresist film made of chemical amplification type resist on the interlayer insulating film and the via-fill over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate is stored in an atmosphere with the ammonium ion concentration of 1000 ?g/m3 and less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyoshi MAESHIMA, Kotaro HORIKOSHI, Katsuhiko HOTTA, Toshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Hironori OCHI, Kenichi SHOJI
  • Patent number: 9761487
    Abstract: It is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including the following step of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride film on the rear surface; forming an interlayer insulating film having a via hole on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a via-fill selectively within the via hole. The method further includes the steps of: performing the wafer rear surface cleaning to expose the surface of the silicon nitride film formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; and thereafter, forming a photoresist film made of chemical amplification type resist on the interlayer insulating film and the via-fill over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate is stored in an atmosphere with the ammonium ion concentration of 1000 ?g/m3 and less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Maeshima, Kotaro Horikoshi, Katsuhiko Hotta, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hironori Ochi, Kenichi Shoji
  • Patent number: 9536849
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a pad electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate, a post electrode formed on the pad electrode and made of a copper film, a solder ball electrode formed on the post electrode and made of ternary alloy containing tin, a terminal connected to the solder ball electrode and formed on a front surface of a wiring board, and a sealing material filling a gap between the semiconductor substrate and the wiring board. The post electrode includes a cylindrical stem portion and an overhanging portion positioned in an upper part of the stem portion and protruding to an outer side of the stem portion, the solder ball electrode is connected to an upper surface of the post electrode over the stem portion and the overhanging portion, and a sidewall of the stem portion contacts with the sealing material over the entire circumference thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Yajima, Hideki Harano, Katsuhiro Torii, Hironori Ochi
  • Publication number: 20160365278
    Abstract: It is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including the following step of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a silicon nitride film on the rear surface; forming an interlayer insulating film having a via hole on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a via-fill selectively within the via hole. The method further includes the steps of: performing the wafer rear surface cleaning to expose the surface of the silicon nitride film formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; and thereafter, forming a photoresist film made of chemical amplification type resist on the interlayer insulating film and the via-fill over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate is stored in an atmosphere with the ammonium ion concentration of 1000 ?g/m3 and less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kiyoshi MAESHIMA, Kotaro HORIKOSHI, Katsuhiko HOTTA, Toshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Hironori OCHI, Kenichi SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20160322321
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a pad electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate, a post electrode formed on the pad electrode and made of a copper film, a solder ball electrode formed on the post electrode and made of ternary alloy containing tin, a terminal connected to the solder ball electrode and formed on a front surface of a wiring board, and a sealing material filling a gap between the semiconductor substrate and the wiring board. The post electrode includes a cylindrical stem portion and an overhanging portion positioned in an upper part of the stem portion and protruding to an outer side of the stem portion, the solder ball electrode is connected to an upper surface of the post electrode over the stem portion and the overhanging portion, and a sidewall of the stem portion contacts with the sealing material over the entire circumference thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Akira YAJIMA, Hideki HARANO, Katsuhiro TORII, Hironori OCHI
  • Publication number: 20100227461
    Abstract: In fabrication processes of semiconductor integrated circuit devices, a technique for improving the carrier mobility has been frequently employed. This technique utilizes strain caused by the stress typically of a silicon nitride film. With this, a batchwise wet processing with hot phosphoric acid should be performed so as to highly selectively remove the silicon nitride film over a complicated device structure on a front side of a wafer. This processing removes also a silicon nitride film on the back side of the wafer, and after a series of strain-imparting processes, a polysilicon member is exposed from the back side surface of the wafer. However, common techniques for cleaning typically of back sides of wafers may not sufficiently effectively clean the back side containing a polysilicon as a main component, because these techniques are designed to be adopted to a back side containing, for example, a silicon nitride film, but the polysilicon and the silicon nitride film differ from each other in properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Hironori Ochi