Patents by Inventor Mami Shirota

Mami Shirota 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: 8617994
    Abstract: A polishing liquid composition includes composite oxide particles containing cerium and zirconium, a dispersing agent, and an aqueous medium. A powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the composite oxide particles obtained by CuK?1 ray (?=0.154050 nm) irradiation includes a peak (first peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? (? is a Bragg angle) range of 28.61 to 29.67°, a peak (second peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 33.14 to 34.53°, a peak (third peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 47.57 to 49.63°, and a peak (fourth peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 56.45 to 58.91°. A half-width of the first peak is 0.8° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mami Shirota, Yasuhiro Yoneda
  • Patent number: 8357311
    Abstract: A polishing liquid composition includes composite oxide particles containing cerium and zirconium, a dispersing agent, and an aqueous medium. A powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the composite oxide particles obtained by CuK?1 ray (?=0.154050 nm) irradiation includes a peak (first peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? (? is a Bragg angle) range of 28.61 to 29.67°, a peak (second peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 33.14 to 34.53°, a peak (third peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 47.57 to 49.63°, and a peak (fourth peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 56.45 to 58.91°. A half-width of the first peak is 0.8° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mami Shirota, Yasuhiro Yoneda
  • Patent number: 8058172
    Abstract: A polishing composition containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a polishing process of a semiconductor substrate, including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate with a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate having a film formed on its surface, the film containing a silicon atom and having a shape with dents and projections, with a polishing pad pressed against a semiconductor substrate at a polishing load of from 5 to 100 kPa in the presence of a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Mami Shirota
  • Patent number: 7879784
    Abstract: A stripping agent composition for a resist, containing (A) 0.1 to 10% by weight of an amine; (B) 80 to 99% by weight of an organic solvent having a Hansen's solubility parameter of from 18 to 33 MPa1/2; (C) 0.01 to 3% by weight of a sugar; and (D) 0 to 5% by weight of water; a method for stripping a resist, including the step of stripping the resist with the stripping agent composition; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the step of stripping a resist with the stripping agent composition. By using the stripping composition of the present invention, for example, a high-quality IC or LSI semiconductor device circuit, especially a compound semiconductor device circuit can be more economically advantageously manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventor: Mami Shirota
  • Publication number: 20100056026
    Abstract: A polishing liquid composition includes composite oxide particles containing cerium and zirconium, a dispersing agent, and an aqueous medium. A powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the composite oxide particles obtained by CuK?1 ray (?=0.154050 nm) irradiation includes a peak (first peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? (? is a Bragg angle) range of 28.61 to 29.67°, a peak (second peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 33.14 to 34.53°, a peak (third peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 47.57 to 49.63°, and a peak (fourth peak) having a peak top in a diffraction angle 2? range of 56.45 to 58.91°. A half-width of the first peak is 0.8° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mami Shirota, Yasuhiro Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20090181541
    Abstract: A polishing composition containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a polishing process of a semiconductor substrate, including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate with a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate having a film formed on its surface, the film containing a silicon atom and having a shape with dents and projections, with a polishing pad pressed against a semiconductor substrate at a polishing load of from 5 to 100 kPa in the presence of a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YONEDA, Mami Shirota
  • Publication number: 20070145014
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polishing composition for a glass substrate having a pH of from 0.5 to 5, containing a silica of which primary particles have an average particle size of from 5 to 50 nm and an acrylic acid/sulfonic acid copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 5,000; and a method for manufacturing a glass substrate using the polishing composition. The polishing composition for a glass substrate can be suitably used, for example, in the manufacture of glass hard disks, aluminosilicate glass for reinforced glass substrates, glass ceramic substrates (crystallized glass substrates), synthetic quartz glass substrates (photomask substrates), and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Yoneda, Mami Shirota
  • Publication number: 20070084828
    Abstract: A polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate comprising dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles, a dispersant, and an aqueous medium, wherein the ceria particles are contained in an amount of from 2 to 22% by weight of the polishing composition, and the dispersant is contained in an amount of from 0.001 to 1.0% by weight of the polishing composition; a polishing process of a semiconductor substrate with the polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including the step of polishing a substrate to be polished in accordance with the polishing process. The polishing composition is used, for example, for the steps of subjecting to shallow trench isolation, subjecting an interlayer dielectric to planarization, forming an embedded metal line, forming an embedded capacitor, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Mami Shirota, Haruki Nojo, Hirofumi Kashihara
  • Publication number: 20060113283
    Abstract: A polishing composition containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a polishing process of a semiconductor substrate, including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate with a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of serine, cysteine and dihydroxyethylglycine, ceria particles and an aqueous medium; a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including the step of polishing a semiconductor substrate having a film formed on its surface, the film containing a silicon atom and having a shape with dents and projections, with a polishing pad pressed against a semiconductor substrate at a polishing load of from 5 to 100 kPa in the presence of a polishing composition for a semiconductor substrate, containing at least one or more aminocarboxylic acids selected from the group
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Mami Shirota
  • Publication number: 20050032659
    Abstract: A stripping agent composition for a resist, containing (A) 0.1 to 10% by weight of an amine; (B) 80 to 99% by weight of an organic solvent having a Hansen's solubility parameter of from 18 to 33 MPa1/2; (C) 0.01 to 3% by weight of a sugar; and (D) 0 to 5% by weight of water; a method for stripping a resist, including the step of stripping the resist with the stripping agent composition; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the step of stripping a resist with the stripping agent composition. By using the stripping composition of the present invention, for example, a high-quality IC or LSI semiconductor device circuit, especially a compound semiconductor device circuit can be more economically advantageously manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventor: Mami Shirota
  • Patent number: 6713232
    Abstract: Resist residues, which is formed in a process of forming Al interconnections, are removed through use of a single chemical. A chemical which contains an organic acid or a salt thereof and water and which has a pH below 8 is used as a treatment for removing resist or resist residues. The chemical may be used in a process in which Al, W, Ti, TiN, and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching of an Al interconnection; in a process in which Al, W, Ti, TiN, and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching a hole reaching an Al interconnection in an dielectric layer; in a process in which Cu is exposed on the surface of a semiconductor wafer after dry-etching of a Cu interconnection or etching of an interlayer dielectric film laid on a Cu interconnection; and in a process in which metal material such as W, WN, Ti, or TiN; poly-Si; SiN; and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching of a metal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Muranaka, Itaru Kanno, Mami Shirota, Junji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20020012882
    Abstract: Resist residues, which is formed in a process of forming Al interconnections, are removed through use of a single chemical. A chemical which contains an organic acid or a salt thereof and water and which has a pH below 8 is used as a treatment for removing resist or resist residues. The chemical may be used in a process in which Al, W, Ti, TiN, and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching of an Al interconnection; in a process in which Al, W, Ti, TiN, and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching a hole reaching an Al interconnection in an dielectric layer; in a process in which Cu is exposed on the surface of a semiconductor wafer after dry-etching of a Cu interconnection or etching of an interlayer dielectric film laid on a Cu interconnection; and in a process in which metal material such as W, WN, Ti, or TiN; poly-Si; SiN; and SiO2 are exposed on the surface of a wafer after etching of a metal gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha and Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Muranaka, Itaru Kanno, Mami Shirota, Junji Kondo
  • Patent number: 6310020
    Abstract: A stripping composition for a resist comprising a polycarboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof, and water, wherein a pH of the stripping composition is less than 8; and a stripping composition for a resist comprising 0.01 to 90% by weight of an organic acid and/or a salt thereof, 2 to 74% by weight of water, and 0.5 to 90% by weight of an organic solvent, wherein a pH of the stripping composition is less than 8; and a method of stripping a resist from a substrate, comprising applying one of the stripping composition to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mami Shirota, Kozo Kitazawa, Eiji Kashihara, Eiji Nagoshi