Patents by Inventor Hiroyoshi Kurihara

Hiroyoshi Kurihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240379403
    Abstract: A back grinding adhesive film used to protect a surface of a wafer, the back grinding adhesive film including a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer which is formed on one surface side of the base material layer and configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material, in which, when a viscoelastic characteristic is measured after curing the ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material by irradiating with an ultraviolet ray, a storage elastic modulus at 5° C. E? (5° C.) is 2.0×106 to 2.0×109 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus 100° C. E? (100° C.) is 1.0×106 to 3.0×107 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 12142522
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least a step (1) of preparing a structure comprising (i) an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer, (ii) an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film, and (iii) a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; a step (2) of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material; a step (3) of peeling the support substrate from the structure by reducing an adhesive force of the adhesive resin layer (B) by applying an external stimulus; and a step (4) of peeling the adhesive film from the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Miura, Hiroyoshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 12106974
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least a preparing step of preparing a structure provided with an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is reduced by external stimuli, and an unevenness-absorbing resin layer (C) provided between the base material layer and the adhesive resin layer (A) or between the base material layer and the adhesive resin layer (B), an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film and having an uneven structure, and a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; and a sealing step of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Miura, Hiroyoshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20240290648
    Abstract: A back grinding adhesive film used to protect a surface of a wafer. This adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer which is provided on one surface side of the base material layer and configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. The ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material has a loss tangent tan ? at ?5° C. of 0.25 to 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240274460
    Abstract: A back grinding adhesive film used to protect a surface of a wafer, the back grinding adhesive film including a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer which is provided on one surface side of the base material layer and configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. Here, regarding the ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material, when a storage elastic modulus at ?15° C. is defined as E? (?15° C.) and a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. is defined as E? (100° C.) in a case where a viscoelastic characteristic is measured, E? (100° C.) is 1.0×106 to 3.5×107 Pa, and E?) (100° C./E? (?15° C.) is 2.0×10?3 to 1.5×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240266203
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device at least includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side, and a step (C) of irradiating the adhesive film with an ultraviolet ray and then removing the adhesive film from the wafer. The adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. The adhesive resin layer of the adhesive film after being irradiated with an ultraviolet ray has a storage elastic modulus at 5° C. of 2.0×106 to 2.0×109 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. of 1.0×106 to 3.0×107 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240258151
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side, and a step (C) of irradiating the adhesive film with an ultraviolet ray and then removing the adhesive film from the wafer. The adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. The ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material has a storage elastic modulus at 5° C. E? (5° C.) after curing of 2.0×106 to 2.0×109 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. E? (100° C.) of 1.0×106 to 3.0×107 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240258150
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device at least includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side, and a step (C) of irradiating the adhesive film with an ultraviolet ray and then removing the adhesive film from the wafer, in which the adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material, provided on one surface side of the base material layer, regarding the ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material, a storage elastic modulus (100° C.) at 100° C. is 1.0×106 to 3.5×107 Pa, and E? (100° C.)/E? (?15° C.) is 2.0×10?3 to 1.5×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240258172
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device at least includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side; and a step (C) of removing the adhesive film from the wafer after the adhesive film is irradiated with an ultraviolet ray. The adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin layer provided on one surface side of the base material layer using an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. In addition, a loss tangent tan ? at ?5° C. of a cured film of the ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material is 0.25 to 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240258152
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device at least includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side; and a step (C) of removing the adhesive film from the wafer after the adhesive film is irradiated with an ultraviolet ray. This adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer which is provided on one surface side of the base material layer and configured with an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. In the step (C), regarding the adhesive resin layer of the adhesive film after being irradiated with an ultraviolet ray, a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. is 2.0×10?3 to 1.5×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240249967
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device at least includes a step (A) of preparing a structure which includes a wafer including a circuit forming surface, and an adhesive film bonded to the circuit forming surface side of the wafer, a step (B) of back-grinding a surface of the wafer on a side opposite to the circuit forming surface side; and a step (C) of removing the adhesive film from the wafer after the adhesive film is irradiated with an ultraviolet ray. The adhesive film includes a base material layer, and an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin layer provided on one surface side of the base material layer using an ultraviolet curable adhesive resin material. In addition, in the step (C), a loss tangent tan ? at ?5° C. of the adhesive resin layer of the adhesive film after being irradiated with an ultraviolet ray, is 0.25 to 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroto YASUI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Jin KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11848215
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least: a step of preparing a structure provided with an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer and for temporarily fixing an electronic component, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is decreased by an external stimulus, an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film, and a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; at least one step selected from a step of decreasing water content in the adhesive film and a step of decreasing water content in the structure; and a step of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Igarashi, Jin Kinoshita, Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Toru Miura
  • Patent number: 11840652
    Abstract: An adhesive film includes a base material layer; an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer; and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is decreased by an external stimulus, in which, as measured by method 1, an integrated tacking force value (F2.5) of the adhesive resin layer (B) is 1.0 gf/sec or more at a test speed of 2.5 mm/min and a test temperature of 130° C., and an integrated tacking force value (F30) of the adhesive resin layer (B) is 7.0 gf/sec or more at a test speed of 30 mm/min and a test temperature of 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Igarashi, Jin Kinoshita, Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Toru Miura
  • Patent number: 11482441
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes at least the following three steps: (A) A step of preparing a structure including a semiconductor wafer having a circuit-formed surface and an adhesive film attached to the circuit-formed surface side of the semiconductor wafer; (B) A step of back grinding a surface on a side opposite to the circuit-formed surface side of the semiconductor wafer; and (C) A step of radiating ultraviolet rays to the adhesive film and then removing the adhesive film from the semiconductor wafer. The adhesive film includes a base material layer and an ultraviolet-curable adhesive resin layer provided on one surface side thereof. The adhesive resin layer includes an ultraviolet-curable adhesive resin, and a saturated electrostatic potential V1 of a surface of the adhesive resin layer after ultraviolet curing, which is measured using a specific method, is equal to or less than 2.0 kV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Hideki Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20220319918
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least a step (1) of preparing a structure comprising (i) an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer, (ii) an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film, and (iii) a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; a step (2) of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material; a step (3) of peeling the support substrate from the structure by reducing an adhesive force of the adhesive resin layer (B) by applying an external stimulus; and a step (4) of peeling the adhesive film from the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIURA, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220213349
    Abstract: An adhesive film includes a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and of which an adhesive force is reduced by an external stimulus. When a mass of the adhesive film after heating and drying at 130° C. for 30 minutes is defined as W1 and the mass of the adhesive film after the heated and dried adhesive film is left for 24 hours at 25° C. under an atmosphere of 50% RH to absorb water is defined as W2, an average water absorption rate indicated by 100×(W2?W1)/W1 is 0.90% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIURA, Kouji IGARASHI, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220189791
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least a preparing step of preparing a structure provided with an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is reduced by external stimuli, and an unevenness-absorbing resin layer (C) provided between the base material layer and the adhesive resin layer (A) or between the base material layer and the adhesive resin layer (B), an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film and having an uneven structure, and a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; and a sealing step of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Toru MIURA, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 11034864
    Abstract: An adhesive film used when sealing an electronic component to temporarily fix the electronic component, the adhesive film including a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer which is provided on a first surface side of the base material layer and which is for temporarily fixing the electronic component, and an adhesive resin layer which is provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and of which the adhesive strength decreases according to an external stimulus, in which the adhesive resin layer includes a polyvalent carboxylic acid ester-based plasticizer and an adhesive resin, and a content of the polyvalent carboxylic acid ester-based plasticizer in the adhesive resin layer is more than or equal to 0.7 parts by mass and less than or equal to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the adhesive resin included in the adhesive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Igarashi, Jin Kinoshita, Hiroyoshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20210122946
    Abstract: An adhesive film includes a base material layer; an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer; and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is decreased by an external stimulus, in which, as measured by method 1, an integrated tacking force value (F2.5) of the adhesive resin layer (B) is 1.0 gf/sec or more at a test speed of 2.5 mm/min and a test temperature of 130° C., and an integrated tacking force value (F30) of the adhesive resin layer (B) is 7.0 gf/sec or more at a test speed of 30 mm/min and a test temperature of 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MitsuiI Chemicals Tohcello, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouji IGARASHI, Jin KINOSHITA, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Toru MIURA
  • Publication number: 20210020461
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least: a step of preparing a structure provided with an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer and for temporarily fixing an electronic component, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is decreased by an external stimulus, an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film, and a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; at least one step selected from a step of decreasing water content in the adhesive film and a step of decreasing water content in the structure; and a step of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji IGARASHI, Jin KINOSHITA, Hiroyoshi KURIHARA, Toru MIURA