Patents by Inventor Hung-Yang CHEN

Hung-Yang CHEN 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: 12360453
    Abstract: A resist composition which has as components a phenolic resin component, a photoactive 2,1,5-diazonaphthoquinonesulfonate component (PAC), a solvent component and that does not contain a photo acid generator (PAG). The PAC is a free PAC, a coupled PAC (PACb) or a combination thereof that includes a substituted or unsubstituted 2,1,5-DNQ material or compound onto which a substituted or unsubstituted 2,1,5-DNQ material is appended that, when UV exposed, do not form sulfonic acid. The phenolic resin component is a Novolak derivative in which some or all the free hydroxy groups are protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety which can include a PACb moiety. A method whereby this composition is used in either thick or thin film photoresist device manufacturing methodologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Takanori Kudo, Hung-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 12276909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to resist compositions comprising a polymer component, a photoacid generator component (PAG), a photoactive diazonaphthoquinone component (PAC), a base component, a solvent component, and optionally, a heterocyclic thiol component. The polymer component is a Novolak derivative, comprising Novolak repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties, and Novolak repeat units comprising phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Medhat A. Toukhy, Weihong Liu, Takanori Kudo, Hung-Yang Chen, Jian Yin
  • Publication number: 20250073085
    Abstract: An elastic bandage includes: a body including a wide portion and a narrow portion, where the wide portion is connected to the narrow portion along an X-axis direction, and along a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction, a width of the wide portion is greater than a width of the narrow portion; a first fixing portion disposed on the wide portion of the body; and a second fixing portion disposed on the narrow portion of the body; where the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are respectively located at two opposite ends of the body along the X-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chen, Hsiang-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20240045333
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to resist compositions that include the following components: Component a) a blend of two Novolak polymers having structures (I) and (II); component b) a diazo-naphthoquinone sulfonate (DNQ-PAC) component which is a single material or a mixture of materials having general formula having structure (III) or having general formula (III-1); is a dissolution enhancer component comprising a polyphenolic compound which is a single compound or a mixture of at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of an oligomeric fractionated Novolak, a compounds having general structure (VI) and a compound having general structure (VII), wherein Rde1, Rde2, Rde3, Rde4 and Rde5 are individually selected from a C-1 to C-4 alkyl; component d) a surfactant; and component e) an organic spin casting solvent, and an optional component f) a heterocyclic thiol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hung-Yang CHEN, Kun SI, Chunwei CHEN, Zhong LI, Hengpeng WU
  • Publication number: 20220404702
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to resist compositions comprising a phenolic resin component, a photoactive 2,1,5-diazonaphthoquinonesulfonate component (PAC), a solvent component that do not include or require the use of an added photo acid generator (PAG). The PAC is a free PAC, a coupled PAC (PACb) or a combination thereof that includes a substituted or unsubstituted 2,1,5-DNQ material or compound onto which a substituted or unsubstituted 2,1,5-DNQ material is appended that, when UV exposed, do not form sulfonic acid. The phenolic resin component is a Novolak derivative in which some or all of the free hydroxy groups are protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety which can include a PACb moiety. The disclosed subject matter also relates to the methods of using the present compositions in either in thick for thin film photoresist device manufacturing methodologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori KUDO, Hung-Yang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210382390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to resist compositions comprising a polymer component, a photoacid generator component (PAG), a photoactive diazonaphthoquinone component (PAC), a base component, a solvent component, and optionally, a heterocyclic thiol component. The polymer component is a Novolak derivative, comprising Novolak repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties, and Novolak repeat units comprising phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Medhat A. Toukhy, Weihong Liu, Takanori Kudo, Hung-Yang Chen, Jian Yin
  • Patent number: 10815236
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and polymers comprising at least a structure of formula (II), wherein T1 or T2 are independently of each other a group of Formula (III), Formula (iv) Qa, Qb, Qc, Qd, Qe or Qf are independently of each other O, S or NR1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Flores, Pascal Hayoz, Iain McCulloch, Nkechinyerem Onwubiko, Daniel Kaelblein, Wan Yue, Hung-Yang Chen, Astrid-Caroline Knall
  • Publication number: 20190048015
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and polymers comprising at least a structure of formula (II), wherein T1 or T2 are independently of each other a group of Formula (III), Formula (iv) Qa, Qb, Qc, Qd, Qe or Qf are independently of each other O, S or NR1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jean-Charles FLORES, Pascal HAYOZ, Iain MCCULLOCH, Nkechinyerem ONWUBIKO, Daniel KAELBLEIN, Wan YUE, Hung-Yang CHEN, Astrid-Caroline KNALL