Patents by Inventor Mamoru WATABE

Mamoru WATABE 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: 12535737
    Abstract: A material for forming an adhesive film formed between a silicon-containing middle layer and a resist upper layer film, containing: (A) a resin having structural units shown by formula (1) and formula (2); (B) a thermal acid generator; and (C) an organic solvent, in the component (A), the structural unit shown by formula (1) having a molar fraction of 5% or more and the structural unit shown by formula (2) having a molar fraction of 30% or more. An objective is to provide a material for forming an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, where the material gives an adhesive film that has high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, has an effect of suppressing fine pattern collapse, and also makes it possible to form an excellent pattern profile; a patterning process using the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Yusuke Kai, Takayoshi Nakahara, Mamoru Watabe
  • Patent number: 12351742
    Abstract: A material for forming an adhesive film used for an adhesive film formed directly under a resist upper layer film, contains: (A) a resin having at least one structural unit containing a fluorine-substituted organic sulfonyl anion structure and having at least one structural unit shown by the following general formula (2) besides the structural unit containing the fluorine-substituted organic sulfonyl anion structure; (B) a thermal acid generator; and (C) an organic solvent. The material forms an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, where the material gives an adhesive film that has high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, has an effect of suppressing fine pattern collapse, and also makes it possible to form an excellent pattern profile. A patterning process uses the material. A method forms the adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Watabe, Yuji Harada, Takayoshi Nakahara, Yusuke Biyajima, Tsutomu Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20240310731
    Abstract: The present invention is a material for forming an adhesive film for an adhesive film formed directly under a resist upper layer film, includes: (A) a resin having a structural unit containing an acid-dissociable group and having two or more units represented by the formula (1) where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a group selected from the formulae (I-1) to (I-3); and (C) an organic solvent, and the material comprises (B) a photo-acid generator and/or the resin (A) having the photo-acid generating unit. This provides a material for forming an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method, where the material gives an adhesive film with high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, suppresses fine pattern collapse, and can form an excellent pattern profile; a patterning process using the material; and a method for forming the adhesive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru WATABE, Shohel IWAMORI, Yusuke BIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230203354
    Abstract: A material for forming an adhesive film used for an adhesive film formed directly under a resist upper layer film, contains: (A) a resin having at least one structural unit containing a fluorine-substituted organic sulfonyl anion structure and having at least one structural unit shown by the following general formula (2) besides the structural unit containing the fluorine-substituted organic sulfonyl anion structure; (B) a thermal acid generator; and (C) an organic solvent. The material forms an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, where the material gives an adhesive film that has high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, has an effect of suppressing fine pattern collapse, and also makes it possible to form an excellent pattern profile. A patterning process uses the material. A method forms the adhesive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru WATABE, Yuji HARADA, Takayoshi NAKAHARA, Yusuke BIYAJIMA, Tsutomu OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230140810
    Abstract: A material for forming an adhesive film formed between a silicon-containing middle layer and a resist upper layer film, containing: (A) a resin having structural units shown by formula (1) and formula (2); (B) a thermal acid generator; and (C) an organic solvent, in the component (A), the structural unit shown by formula (1) having a molar fraction of 5% or more and the structural unit shown by formula (2) having a molar fraction of 30% or more. An objective is to provide a material for forming an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, where the material gives an adhesive film that has high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, has an effect of suppressing fine pattern collapse, and also makes it possible to form an excellent pattern profile; a patterning process using the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KORI, Yusuke KAI, Takayoshi NAKAHARA, Mamoru WATABE