Patents by Inventor Masato Shimoyama

Masato Shimoyama 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: 5407530
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method of forming a fine conductive pattern. The method allows the fine conductive pattern whose thickness is relatively large to be formed easily, accurately, and surely. An insulating layer is formed on a substrate. A pattern resist is formed on the insulating layer. Then, the insulating layer is etched downward based on a profile of the pattern resist in a first etching step, and sidewalls of each of groove portions formed by the etching step of the insulating layer are etched sideways in a second etching step, so that overhang portions are defined at the lower edges of the pattern resist portions. Then, conductive film portions are formed by depositing a conductor on the pattern resist, and conductive films that are on the pattern resist are lifted off, so that a fine conductor pattern can be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Watanabe, Masaki Kasahara, Tadashi Ono, Akira Shiga, Tsukasa Yamada, Kiyohide Sakihama, Shin-ichi Sakaguchi, Masato Shimoyama