Patents by Inventor Kouji Haga

Kouji Haga 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: 20080176982
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a CMP polishing slurry comprising cerium oxide particles, an organic compound having an acetylene bond (triple bond between carbon and carbon) and water, and a method for polishing a substrate which comprises a step of polishing a film to be polished of the substrate with the polishing slurry. In a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) technique for flattening inter layer dielectrics, insulating films for shallow trench isolation and the like in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices, the present invention enables the effective and high-speed polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: HITACHI CEHMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Haga, Yuto Ootsuki, Yasushi Kurata, Kazuhiro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20080003925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a polymer obtained in polymerization of a monomer containing at least one of a carboxylic acid having an unsaturated double bond and the salt thereof by using at least one of a cationic azo compound and the salt thereof as a polymerization initiator. The present invention provides a polishing slurry and a polishing method allowing polishing efficiently uniformly at high speed without scratch and also allowing easy process management in the CMP technology of smoothening an interlayer dielectric film, BPSG film, and insulation film for shallow trench isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masato Fukasawa, Naoyuki Koyama, Yasushi Kurata, Kouji Haga, Toshiaki Akutsu, Yuuto Ootsuki
  • Patent number: 7311855
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a CMP polishing slurry comprising cerium oxide particles, an organic compound having an acetylene bond (triple bond between carbon and carbon) and water, and a method for polishing a substrate which comprises a step of polishing a film to be polished of the substrate with the polishing slurry. In a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) technique for flattening inter layer dielectrics, insulating films for shallow trench isolation and the like in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices, the present invention enables the effective and high-speed polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Haga, Yuto Ootsuki, Yasushi Kurata, Kazuhiro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20070169421
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a CMP abrasive comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl group present on a surface of a film to be polished and water, a method for polishing a substrate comprising polishing a film to be polished by moving a substrate on which the film to be polished is formed and a polishing platen while pressing the substrate against the polishing platen and a polishing cloth and supplying the CMP abrasive between the film to be polished and the polishing cloth, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of the above-mentioned polishing method, and an additive for a CMP abrasive comprising an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl group present on a surface of a film to be polished, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Naoyuki Koyama, Kouji Haga, Masato Yoshida, Keizou Hirai, Toranosuke Ashizawa, Youiti Machii
  • Publication number: 20060148667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry, comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a compound having a skeleton of any one of an N-mono-substituted product and an N,N-di-substituted product of any one selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide and ?-substituted products thereof. The amount of the water-soluble polymer is preferably in the range of 0.01 part or more by weight and 10 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polishing slurry. Thus it is possible to provide a polishing slurry and a polishing method which make it possible to polish a film made of silicon oxide or the like effectively and rapidly and further control the process therefor easily in CMP technique for flattening an interlayer insulating film, a BPSG film, an insulator film for shallow trench isolation, and other films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Fukasawa, Masato Yoshida, Naoyuki Koyama, Yuto Ootsuki, Chiaki Yamagishi, Kazuhiro Enomoto, Kouji Haga, Yasushi Kurata
  • Publication number: 20060124591
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a CMP polishing slurry comprising cerium oxide particles, an organic compound having an acetylene bond (triple bond between carbon and carbon) and water, and a method for polishing a substrate which comprises a step of polishing a film to be polished of the substrate with the polishing slurry. In a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) technique for flattening inter layer dielectrics, insulating films for shallow trench isolation and the like in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices, the present invention enables the effective and high-speed polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Kouji Haga, Yuto Ootsuki, Yasushi Kurata, Kazuhiro Enomoto