Patents by Inventor Kazumichi Akashi

Kazumichi Akashi 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: 20220163888
    Abstract: A positive type resist composition capable of forming a pattern shape suitable for lift-off is provided. A positive type resist composition comprising (A) a certain polymer, (B) an acid generator having an imide group, (C) a dissolution rate modifier and (D) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Kazumichi AKASHI, Yoshiko URABE, Rui ZHANG, Tomohide KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11163233
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition capable of forming a pattern having an excellent cross-sectional shape, and a pattern forming method using the same. [Means for Solution] A chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition comprising (A) a polymer which reacts with an acid to increase its solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution, (B) an organic solvent, (C) a first photo acid generator containing a cation having no polar group, and (D) a second photoacid generator containing a cation having a polar group, and a pattern forming method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Shunji Kawato, Tetsumasa Takaichi, Kazumichi Akashi
  • Patent number: 11029599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition suitable for forming a thick film, which comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) at least one plasticizer selected from a group consisting of an alkali-soluble vinyl resin and an acid-dissociable group containing vinyl resin, (C) an acid generator, and (D) an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Tetsumasa Takaichi, Shunji Kawato, Masato Suzuki, Kazumichi Akashi, Tomohide Katayama
  • Publication number: 20190339614
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition capable of forming a pattern having an excellent cross-sectional shape, and a pattern forming method using the same. [Means for Solution] A chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition comprising (A) a polymer which reacts with an acid to increase its solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution, (B) an organic solvent, (C) a first photo acid generator containing a cation having no polar group, and (D) a second photoacid generator containing a cation having a polar group, and a pattern forming method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Masato SUZUKI, Shunji KAWATO, Tetsumasa TAKAICHI, Kazumichi AKASHI
  • Publication number: 20190235382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition suitable for forming a thick film, which comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) at least one plasticizer selected from a group consisting of an alkali-soluble vinyl resin and an acid-dissociable group containing vinyl resin, (C) an acid generator, and (D) an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: TETSUMASA TAKAICHI, Shunji KAWATO, Masato SUZUKI, Kazumichi AKASHI, Tomohide KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100119975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fine pattern-forming composition and a fine pattern-forming method. This fine pattern-forming composition enables a pattern of high aspect ratio to be made finer than a limit of resolution determined by the wavelength of light for exposure. The composition contains a water-soluble resin and a water-containing solvent, and has a kinetic viscosity ? at 25° C. in the range of 10 to 35 mm2/s and a solid content C satisfying the condition that the ratio ?/C of the kinetic viscosity ? to the solid content C is in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 mm2/s/wt %. By use of this composition, a resist pattern having an aspect ratio of 4 to 15 or having a thickness of 2 ?m or more can be further miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Kazumichi Akashi, Yoshiharu Sakurai, Tomonori Horiba
  • Publication number: 20070072109
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a chemically amplified photosensitive resin composition suitable for forming a thick film and a super thick film, which has high sensitivity, high film residual properties, good coating properties, high resolution and a good pattern shape, and which gives a pattern excellent in heat resistance, in a photosensitive resin composition requiring the formation of a thick resist pattern film such as in the formation of a magnetic pole of a magnetic head or of a bump. [Solving means] A chemically amplified photosensitive resin composition including an alkali soluble novolak resin (A), a resin or compound (B) which in itself is insoluble or slightly soluble in alkali, but becomes soluble in alkali by the action of an acid, that is acid generating agent (C), and a photosensitizing agent (D) containing a quinonediazide group, as well as, if necessary, an alkali soluble acrylic resin (E) and a crosslinking agent (F) for improving film quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Toshimichi Makii, Yoshinori Nishiwaki, Kazumichi Akashi