Patents by Inventor Michihiro Sugo

Michihiro Sugo 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: 20150353793
    Abstract: The invention is adhesive material for a wafer processing used for temporarily bonding a supporting substrate to wafer having a front surface includes circuit formed thereon and a back surface to be processed, including first temporary adhesive layer composed of a layer of a silicone-modified styrene base thermoplastic elastomer, and second temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermosetting polymer layer on first temporary adhesive layer, wherein layer is capable of releasably adhering to front surface of wafer, and layer is capable of releasably adhering to the supporting substrate. Thereby, it provides a temporary adhesive material for wafer processing, wafer processing lamination, and method for manufacturing thin wafer using same, which facilitates temporary adhesion between supporting substrate and wafer having a circuit, is highly compatible with steps of forming TSV and forming wiring on back surface of wafer, allows easy delamination, and is capable of increasing productivity of thin wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASUDA, Michihiro SUGO
  • Patent number: 9096032
    Abstract: A wafer processing laminate is provided comprising a support (3), a temporary adhesive layer (2), and a wafer (1). The temporary adhesive layer (2) has a trilayer structure consisting of a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic siloxane bond-free polymer, a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermoplastic siloxane polymer, and a third temporary bond layer (C) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer. In a peripheral region, the second layer (B) is removed so that the first layer (A) is in close contact with the third layer (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8999817
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer process body, a temporary adhesive layer is formed on a supporting body, and a wafer having a circuit-formed front surface and a to-be-processed back surface is stacked on the temporary adhesive layer, wherein the temporary adhesive layer is provided with a first temporary adhesive layer including a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane layer (A) which is adhered to the front surface of the wafer so as to be detachable and a second temporary adhesive layer comprised of a thermosetting-modified siloxane polymer layer (B) which is stacked on the first temporary adhesive layer and adhered to the supporting body so as to be detachable. Thus, temporary adhesion of a wafer with a supporting body may become easy, process conformity with the TSV formation process and with the wafer-back surface-wiring process may become high, and removal may be done easily, with high productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Tagami, Michihiro Sugo, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Masahiro Furuya, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20150024574
    Abstract: A temporary bonding adhesive composition includes a first compound including a thermosetting polyorganosiloxane and a second compound including a thermoplastic polyorganosiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Tae-Hoon Kim, Hideto Kato, Jae-Hyun Kim, Jun-Won Han, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Shohei Tagami, Michihiro Sugo, Jung-Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20140342530
    Abstract: A temporary adhesive material for a wafer includes a first temporary adhesive layer of a silicone-containing polymer layer containing a photo base generator and a second temporary adhesive layer of a silicone-containing polymer layer which is laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer, does not contain the photo base generator, and is different from the polymer layer. Thereby, there can be formed a temporary adhesive layer having high thickness uniformity, even on a wafer having a step. Because of the thickness uniformity, a thin wafer having a uniform thickness of 50 ?m or less can be easily obtained. When a thin wafer is produced and then delaminated from a support, the wafer can be delaminated from the support by exposure at a low exposure dose without stress. Therefore, a brittle thin wafer can be easily handled without causing damage, and a thin wafer can be easily produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASUDA, Michihiro SUGO
  • Patent number: 8883913
    Abstract: A resin composition which can be formed into a film for use in molding a large diameter thin film wafer is provided. The composition comprises components (A) a silicone resin containing repeating units represented by the following formulae (1-1), (1-2), and (1-3) and having a weight average molecular weight as measured by GPC in terms of polystyrene of 3,000 to 500,000, wherein r, s, and t are independently a positive integer; the silicon atom at the terminal of the units constituting the repeating units represented by the formulae (1-1), (1-2), and (1-3) is bonded to the terminal carbon atom of the X1, X2, or X3 in the same or different unit; R1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms; X1, X2, and X3 are independently a divalent group; (B) a thermosetting resin; and (C) a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kondo, Michihiro Sugo
  • Patent number: 8796410
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a polymer having repeating units represented by the formulas (1-1), (1-2) and (1-3) and weight-average molecular weight of from 3,000 to 500,000, as determined by GPC using tetrahydrofuran as a solvent, reduced to polystyrene. Another aspect of the present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising (A) the polymer, (B) a thermosetting resin, and (C) a compound having flux activity. Further, the present invention provides an adhesive sheet having an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, a protective material for a semiconductor device, which has the adhesive layer, and a semiconductor device having a cured product obtained from the adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Sugo, Kazunori Kondo
  • Patent number: 8748293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane containing the following units (I) to (III): (I) a siloxane unit (T unit) represented by R1SiO3/2: 40 to 99 mol %; (II) a siloxane unit (D unit) represented by R2R3SiO2/2: 59 mol % or less; and (III) a siloxane unit (M unit) represented by R4R5R6SiO1/2: 1 to 30 mol %. There can be an organopolysiloxane, which is soluble in a nonpolar organic solvent so that the organopolysiloxane can be peeled in a short time, and which is hardly soluble in a polar organic solvent to be exemplarily used upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom so that the organopolysiloxane is not peeled from the supporting substrate upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Furuya, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Shohei Tagami, Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20140154868
    Abstract: A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing a wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer, which facilitates to establish a temporary adhering the wafer and the support, enables to form a layer of uniform thickness on a heavily stepped substrate, and is compatible with the TSV formation and wafer back surface interconnect forming steps, and the wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed, wherein the temporary adhesive material layer includes a three-layered structure composite temporary adhesive material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro SUGO, Hideto KATO, Shohei TAGAMI, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Masahito TANABE
  • Patent number: 8735264
    Abstract: The present invention is a temporary adhesive composition comprising: (A) non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane; (B) an antioxidant; and (C) an organic solvent, wherein the component (A) corresponds to 100 parts by mass, the component (B) corresponds to 0.5 to 5 parts by mass, and the component (C) corresponds to 10 to 1000 parts by mass. There can be provided a temporary adhesive composition that has excellent thermal stability while maintaining solvent resistance and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer using this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yasuda, Masahiro Furuya, Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami, Hideyoshi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20140106137
    Abstract: A wafer processing laminate, a wafer processing member, a temporary adhering material for processing wafer, and a method for manufacturing a thin wafer using the same. The wafer processing laminate includes a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed thereon and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, where the wafer has a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed. The temporary adhesive material layer includes a first temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A) releasably adhered on a surface of the wafer, a second temporary adhesive layer of a radiation curable polymer layer (B) laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer, and a third temporary adhesive layer of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A?) laminated on the second temporary adhesive layer and releasably adhered to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori KONDO, Hideto KATO, Michihiro SUGO, Shohei TAGAMI, Hiroyuki YASUDA
  • Patent number: 8673537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-curable resin composition, which contains a polyimide silicone having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group, as a component (A); at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amino condensation product modified with formalin or a formalin-alcohol and a phenol compound having two or more in average of methylol group or alkoxymethylol group in one molecule thereof, as a component (B); and a photo-acid generator as a component (C). When used as an adhesive, the photo-curable resin composition further contains a multifunctional epoxy compound as a component (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Furuya, Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato, Kazunori Kondo, Shohei Tagami, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20130302983
    Abstract: The present invention provided is the temporary adhesive for wafer processing which temporarily bonds a wafer having a circuit face on the front surface and a processing face on the back surface to a support, and includes a first temporary adhesive layer which is a layer (A) of a thermoplastic resin modified organopolysiloxane obtained by partial dehydration condensation of an organopolysiloxane resin containing a R21R22R23SiO1/2, and a SiO4/2 unit in a molar ratio of R21R22R23SiO1/2 unit/SiO4/2 unit of 0.6 to 1.7 and an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1), and a second temporary adhesive layer which is a thermosetting modified siloxane polymer layer (B) which is laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer and is releasably bonded to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito TANABE, Michihiro SUGO, Shohei TAGAMI, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Hideto KATO
  • Publication number: 20130280886
    Abstract: A wafer processing laminate is provided comprising a support (3), a temporary adhesive layer (2), and a wafer (1). The temporary adhesive layer (2) has a trilayer structure consisting of a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic siloxane bond-free polymer, a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermoplastic siloxane polymer, and a third temporary bond layer (C) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer. In a peripheral region, the second layer (B) is removed so that the first layer (A) is in close contact with the third layer (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8501879
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus adhesive composition having excellent adhesion properties when pressure-bonded and has excellent connection reliability and insulation reliability when hardened and an adhesive sheet using this adhesive composition. An adhesive composition including: (A) a silicone resin constituted of a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1); (B) a thermosetting resin; and (C) a compound having a flux activity, where R1 to R4 represent univalent hydrocarbon groups having carbon numbers from 1 to 8, which are equal to or different from each other; each of l and m is an integer from 1 to 100; each of a, b, c, and d is 0 or a positive number and meets 0<(c+d)/(a+b+c+d)?1.0; and each of X and Y is a bivalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kondo, Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato
  • Patent number: 8487062
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyimidesilicone having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group, which is represented by the following general formula (1): in which k and m are each a positive integer where k and m satisfy a relation of 0.01?k/(k+m)<1; and X, Y and W are as those defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami, Hideto Kato
  • Patent number: 8378148
    Abstract: Bisphenol derivatives having both alcoholic hydroxyl and allyl groups are novel and useful as reagents for modifying organic resins and silicone resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takato Sakurai, Michihiro Sugo, Takanobu Takeda, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20130029145
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a support, a temporary adhesive layer, and a wafer having a circuit-forming front surface and a back surface to be processed allows for processing the wafer. The temporary adhesive layer consists of a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic organosiloxane polymer which is releasably bonded to the front surface of the wafer and a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer which is laid contiguous to the first temporary bond layer and releasably bonded to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami
  • Publication number: 20120299203
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a polymer having repeating units represented by the formulas (1-1), (1-2) and (1-3) and weight-average molecular weight of from 3,000 to 500,000, as determined by GPC using tetrahydrofuran as a solvent, reduced to polystyrene. Another aspect of the present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising (A) the polymer, (B) a thermosetting resin, and (C) a compound having flux activity. Further, the present invention provides an adhesive sheet having an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, a protective material for a semiconductor device, which has the adhesive layer, and a semiconductor device having a cured product obtained from the adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro SUGO, Kazunori KONDO
  • Publication number: 20120276717
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane containing the following units (I) to (III): (I) a siloxane unit (T unit) represented by R1SiO3/2: 40 to 99 mol %; (II) a siloxane unit (D unit) represented by R2R3SiO2/2: 59 mol % or less; and (III) a siloxane unit (M unit) represented by R4R5R6SiO1/2: 1 to 30 mol %. There can be an organopolysiloxane, which is soluble in a nonpolar organic solvent so that the organopolysiloxane can be peeled in a short time, and which is hardly soluble in a polar organic solvent to be exemplarily used upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom so that the organopolysiloxane is not peeled from the supporting substrate upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro FURUYA, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Shohei TAGAMI, Michihiro SUGO, Hideto KATO