Patents by Inventor Ken-ichi Mizusawa

Ken-ichi Mizusawa 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: 7947424
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating containing a urea compound substituted by hydroxyalkyl group or alkoxyalkyl group, and preferably a light absorbing compound and/or a light absorbing resin; a method of forming a anti-reflective coating for a semiconductor device by use of the composition; and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device by use of the composition. The composition according to the present invention exhibits a good light-absorption to a light having a wavelength used for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Therefore, the composition exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, and has a high dry etching rate compared with photoresist layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Keisuke Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7846638
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for anti-reflective coating that has a good absorption of light at a wavelength utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor device, that exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, that has a high dry etching rate compared with the photoresist layer. Concretely, the composition for forming anti-reflective coating contains a triazine trione compound, oligomer compound or polymer compound having hydroxyalkyl structure as substituent on nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Tomoyuki Enomoto, Rikimaru Sakamoto, Keisuke Nakayama, Yasuo Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7517633
    Abstract: A composition for forming a gap-filling material for lithography which, as a gap-filling material for lithography superior in planarization ability on a substrate having irregularities such as holes or trenches, causing no intermixing with a resist layer, and having a high dry etching rate as compared with the resist, is used in producing semiconductor devices by a method using the gap-filling material to cover the resist on the substrate having holes having an aspect ratio, defined as height/diameter, of 1 or more to transfer images onto the substrate by utilization of lithographic process, the composition being used to coat the substrate prior to the coating of the resist so as to planarize the substrate surface, and the composition being characterized by containing a polymer solution consisting of a polymer and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takei, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Yasuhisa Sone
  • Patent number: 7425399
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for anti-reflective coating that has a good absorption of light at a wavelength utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor device, that exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, that has a high dry etching rate compared with the photoresist layer. Concretely, the composition for forming anti-reflective coating contains a triazine trione compound, oligomer compound or polymer compound having hydroxyalkyl structure as substituent on nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Tomoyuki Enomoto, Rikimaru Sakamoto, Keisuke Nakayama, Yasuo Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7425347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography process in manufacture of a semiconductor device which comprises polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less, and a polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 or more. The composition provides an anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography which is excellent in step coverage on a substrate with an irregular surface, such as hole or trench, has a high anti-reflection effect, causes no intermixing with a resist layer, provides an excellent resist pattern, and has a higher dry etching rate compared with the resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Satoshi Takei, Yoshiaki Yasumi, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 7425403
    Abstract: A composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device, comprising as a component a resin containing cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof, or a resin containing a structural unit derived from cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof. The structural unit is preferably represented by formula (1): and can be contained in a main chain or a side chain, or both main chain and side chain of a resin. The anti-reflective coating for lithography obtained from the composition has a high reflection reducing effect and does not cause intermixing with a resist layer to give an excellent resist pattern. It has a higher selectivity in dry-etching compared with the resists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20080206680
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for anti-reflective coating that has a good absorption of light at a wavelength utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor device, that exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, that has a high dry etching rate compared with the photoresist layer. Concretely, the composition for forming anti-reflective coating contains a triazine trione compound, oligomer compound or polymer compound having hydroxyalkyl structure as substituent on nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Tomoyuki Enomoto, Rikimaru Sakamoto, Keisuke Nakayama, Yasuo Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7332266
    Abstract: A composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device, comprising as a component a resin containing cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof, or a resin containing a structural unit derived from cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof. The structural unit is preferably represented by formula (1): and can be contained in a main chain or a side chain, or both main chain and side chain of a resin. The anti-reflective coating for lithography obtained from the composition has a high reflection reducing effect and does not cause intermixing with a resist layer to give an excellent resist pattern. It has a higher selectivity in dry-etching compared with the resists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 7326509
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography which has a high effect of inhibiting reflected light, causes no intermixing with resist layers, affords excellent resist patterns, has a higher dry etching rate compared with the resist, and has broader margin of depth of focus and higher resolution than the prior compositions. Concretely, the composition is one for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device, and comprises a resin containing a lactone structure. The resin is one which a ?-lactone structure or a ?-lactone structure is introduced to a main chain thereof or a side chain bonded to the main chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Arase, Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 7309560
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography process with irradiation light from F2 excimer laser (wavelength 157 nm) which has a high effect of inhibiting reflected light and causes no intermixing with resist layers, and an anti-reflective coating prepared from the composition, and a method of controlling attenuation coefficient of the anti-reflective coating. Concretely, the composition is one containing a polymer compound containing halogen atom for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device. The polymer compound is one which halogen atom is introduced to a main chain thereof and/or a side chain bonded to the main chain. The attenuation coefficient can be controlled by changing the content of halogen atom in the solid content of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikimaru Sakamoto, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20060290429
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for anti-reflective coating that has a good absorption of light at a wavelength utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor device, that exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, that has a high dry etching rate compared with the photoresist layer. Concretely, the composition for forming anti-reflective coating contains a triazine trione compound, oligomer compound or polymer compound having hydroxyalkyl structure as substituent on nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Tomoyuki Enomoto, Rikimaru Sakamoto, Keisuke Kanayama, Yasuo Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060216652
    Abstract: A composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device, comprising as a component a resin containing cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof, or a resin containing a structural unit derived from cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof. The structural unit is preferably represented by formula (1): and can be contained in a main chain or a side chain, or both main chain and side chain of a resin. The anti-reflective coating for lithography obtained from the composition has a high reflection reducing effect and does not cause intermixing with a resist layer to give an excellent resist pattern. It has a higher selectivity in dry-etching compared with the resists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20050175927
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating containing a urea compound substituted by hydroxyalkyl group or alkoxyalkyl group, and preferably a light absorbing compound and/or a light absorbing resin; a method of forming a anti-reflective coating for a semiconductor device by use of the composition; and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device by use of the composition. The composition according to the present invention exhibits a good light-absorption to a light having a wavelength used for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Therefore, the composition exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, and has a high dry etching rate compared with photoresist layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Keisuke Nakayama
  • Patent number: 6927266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottom anti-reflective coat forming composition having the resin with the structural unit comprising maleimide or maleimide derivative for the lithography process in the preparation of semiconductor device. The resin comprises maleimide or derivative thereof in the principal chain or the side chain and its weight-average molecular weight is 700-1000000. The invention offers the bottom anti-reflective coating for lithography showing high anti-reflective effect, no intermixing with resist layer, excellent resist pattern, and large dry etching rate in comparison to resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Arase, Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20050118749
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography process with irradiation light from F2 excimer laser (wavelength 157 nm) which has a high effect of inhibiting reflected light and causes no intermixing with resist layers, and an anti-reflective coating prepared from the composition, and a method of controlling attenuation coefficient of the anti-reflective coating. Concretely, the composition is one containing a polymer compound containing halogen atom for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device. The polymer compound is one which halogen atom is introduced to a main chain thereof and/or a side chain bonded to the main chain. The attenuation coefficient can be controlled by changing the content of halogen atom in the solid content of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Rikimaru Sakamoto, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20050008964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography process in manufacture of a semiconductor device which comprises polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less, and a polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 or more. The composition provides an anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography which is excellent in step coverage on a substrate with an irregular surface, such as hole or trench, has a high anti-reflection effect, causes no intermixing with a resist layer, provides an excellent resist pattern, and has a higher dry etching rate compared with the resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Takei, Yoshiaki Yasumi, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20040197709
    Abstract: There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithography which has a high effect of inhibiting reflected light, causes no intermixing with resist layers, affords excellent resist patterns, has a higher dry etching rate compared with the resist, and has broader margin of depth of focus and higher resolution than the prior compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Shinya Arase, Takahiro Kishioka, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20040110096
    Abstract: A composition for forming anti-reflective coating for use in a lithographic process in manufacture of a semiconductor device, comprising as a component a resin containing cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof, or a resin containing a structural unit derived from cyanuric acid or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Takahiro Kishioka, Shinya Arase, Ken-ichi Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 6680160
    Abstract: Anti-reflective coatings formed from new polymers and having high etch rates are provided. Broadly, the coatings are formed from a polymer binder and a light attenuating compound. The polymer binder has halogen atoms bonded thereto, preferably to functional groups on the polymer binder rather than to the polymer backbone. Preferred polymer binders comprise acrylic polymers while it is preferred that the halogenated functional groups of the polymer binders be dihalogenated, and more preferably trihalogenated, with chlorine, fluorine, or bromine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Brewer Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Enomoto, Ken-Ichi Mizusawa, Shin-Ya Arase, Rama Puligadda
  • Publication number: 20030146416
    Abstract: A composition for forming a gap-filling material for lithography which, as a gap-filling material for lithography superior in planarization ability on a substrate having irregularities such as holes or trenches, causing no intermixing with a resist layer, and having a high dry etching rate as compared with the resist, is used in producing semiconductor devices by a method using the gap-filling material to cover the resist on the substrate having holes having an aspect ratio, defined as height/diameter, of 1 or more to transfer images onto the substrate by utilization of lithographic process, the composition being used to coat the substrate prior to the coating of the resist so as to planarize the substrate surface, and the composition being characterized by containing a polymer solution consisting of a polymer and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Takei, Ken-ichi Mizusawa, Yasuhisa Sone