Patents by Inventor Shohei Kataoka

Shohei Kataoka 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: 20160070174
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pattern forming method including forming an active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film by coating a substrate with an active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition; exposing the active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film; and forming a negative type pattern by developing the exposed active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film using a developer which includes an organic solvent, in which the active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition contains a resin (A) which includes a repeating unit (a) which has an acidic group and a lactone structure and of which, due to a polarity thereof being increased by an action of an acid, a solubility decreases with respect to a developer which includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Kei YAMAMOTO, Shohei KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 9250519
    Abstract: The pattern forming method of the present invention includes: (i) forming a film including an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a compound (A) represented by General Formula (I) shown below; a resin (P) capable of decreasing solubility with respect to a developer including organic solvent by the action of an acid; and a compound (B) capable of generating an acid by irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; (ii) irradiating the film with actinic rays or radiation; (iii) developing the film irradiated with the actinic rays or radiation using a developer including an organic solvent. [Chem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Kataoka, Akinori Shibuya, Akiyoshi Goto, Tomoki Matsuda, Toshiaki Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 9223204
    Abstract: Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a resist film formed with the composition, and a pattern-forming method using the same. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (P) a resin that contains the following repeating units (A), (B) and (C); and a solvent having a boiling temperature of 150° C. or less, (A) a repeating unit containing a group capable of decomposing and forming an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, (B) a repeating unit containing a group capable of decomposing and forming a carboxylic acid by the action of an acid, and (C) a repeating unit containing a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Hidenori Takahashi, Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Shohei Kataoka, Takeshi Inasaki
  • Patent number: 9152049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes any of the compounds of general formula (I) below, a compound that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, generates an acid and a hydrophobic resin. (The characters used in general formula (I) have the meanings mentioned in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Kataoka, Akinori Shibuya, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Hisamitsu Tomeba
  • Publication number: 20150277225
    Abstract: An actinic-ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a compound (A) which generates acid by being irradiated with actinic rays or radiation where, when relative light absorbance is ?r using triphenyl sulfonium nonaphlate as a reference and relative quantum efficiency is ?r using triphenyl sulfonium nonaphlate as a reference, the relative light absorbance ?r is 0.4 to 0.8 and ?r×?r is 0.5 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: MASAFUMI KOJIMA, AKINORI SHIBUYA, AKIYOSHI GOTO, SHOHEI KATAOKA, KOSUKE KOSHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 9120288
    Abstract: The pattern forming method of the invention includes (i) forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (P) having a repeating unit (a) represented by the following general formula (I), a compound (B) capable of generating an organic acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound (NA) having a group capable of leaving by the action of an acid, (ii) exposing the film, and (iii) developing the film after the exposure using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative type pattern, in the general formula (I), R0 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and each of R1, R2, and R3 independently represents a linear or branched alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Takahashi, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Shohei Kataoka, Michihiro Shirakawa, Fumihiro Yoshino, Shoichi Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20150168830
    Abstract: There is provided an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 represents a polycyclic aromatic group or a polycyclic heterocyclic aromatic group, R2 represents a (n+2)-valent saturated hydrocarbon group. R3 represents a (m+2)-valent saturated hydrocarbon group, R4 and R5 each independently represent a substituent, Q represents a linking group containing a heteroatom, m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 to 12, when n is 2 or more, R4's may be the same or different, R4's may be linked to each other to form a non-aromatic ring together with R2, when m is 2 or more, R5's may be the same or different, and R5's may be linked to each other to form a non-aromatic ring together with R3, and X? represents a non-nucleophilic anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi GOTO, Akinori SHIBUYA, Shohei KATAOKA, Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Tomoki MATSUDA, Keita KATO
  • Publication number: 20150160559
    Abstract: There is provided a pattern forming method containing: forming a film by using a radiation-sensitive or actinic ray-sensitive resin composition containing: (A) a onium salt compound containing a nitrogen atom in a cationic moiety; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and (C) a resin capable of increasing the polarity by the action of an acid to decrease solubility in a developer containing an organic solvent, exposing the film; and developing the exposed film by using a developer containing an organic solvent to form a negative pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori SHIBUYA, Shohei KATAOKA, Tomoki MATSUDA, Toshiaki FUKUHARA, Akiyoshi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20150111157
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a pattern, including forming a film comprising an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising, resin (A) comprising any of repeating units of general formula (I) below, which resin when acted on by an acid, decreases its solubility in a developer comprising an organic solvent, and a compound (B) expressed by any of general formulae (B-1) to (B-3) below, which compound when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, generates an acid, exposing the film to actinic rays or radiation, and developing the exposed film with a developer comprising an organic solvent to thereby obtain a negative pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita KATO, Michihiro SHIRAKAWA, Akinori SHIBUYA, Akiyoshi GOTO, Shohei KATAOKA, Tomoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20150111135
    Abstract: The pattern forming method of the present invention includes: (i) forming a film including an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a compound (A) represented by General Formula (I) shown below; a resin (P) capable of decreasing solubility with respect to a developer including organic solvent by the action of an acid; and a compound (B) capable of generating an acid by irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; (ii) irradiating the film with actinic rays or radiation; (iii) developing the film irradiated with the actinic rays or radiation using a developer including an organic solvent. [Chem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei KATAOKA, Akinori SHIBUYA, Akiyoshi GOTO, Tomoki MATSUDA, Toshiaki FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 8999622
    Abstract: A pattern forming method, includes: (i) forming a film from a chemical amplification resist composition that contains (A) a resin capable of increasing a polarity of the resin (A) to decrease a solubility of the resin (A) for a developer containing an organic solvent by an action of an acid, (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a solvent; (ii) exposing the film; and (iii) performing development by using a developer containing an organic solvent, wherein the resin (A) has a structure in which a polar group is protected with a leaving group capable of decomposing and leaving by an action of an acid, and the leaving group contains a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Iwato, Shohei Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8895222
    Abstract: Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including (P) a resin which contains (A) a repeating unit having an ionic structure moiety capable of producing an acid anion on the side chain upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, wherein a cation moiety of the ionic structure moiety has an acid-decomposable group or an alkali-decomposable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Hidenori Takahashi, Takayuki Ito, Takeshi Inasaki, Shohei Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8846290
    Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: (A) a resin capable of increasing a solubility of the resin (A) in an alkali developer by an action of an acid; and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, wherein (B) the compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation is contained in an amount of 10 to 30 mass % based on the entire solid content of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, and a pattern forming method uses the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Tango, Michihiro Shirakawa, Mitsuhiro Fujita, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Akinori Shibuya, Shohei Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8846293
    Abstract: The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains (A) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkaline developer by the action of an acid, and (C) at least one selected from the group of compounds represented by the following formula (ZI-3), (ZI-4) or (ZI-5) and capable of generating an acid upon irradiation of actinic rays or radiation, wherein the resin (A) contains at least one repeating unit having a group capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to leave a leaving group having a ring structure, and the leaving group having a ring structure has at least one of a polar group as a substituent and a polar atom as a part of the ring structure, and a compound derived from the leaving group having a ring structure has a logP value of not less than 0 and less than 2.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Iizuka, Akinori Shibuya, Naohiro Tango, Shohei Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8841060
    Abstract: An actinic-ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which is capable of improving line edge roughness (LER) and inhibiting pattern collapse, a resist film and a pattern forming method each using the same, a method for preparing an electronic device, and an electronic device are provided. The actinic-ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: (A) a resin having repeating units having a structure represented by any one of the following general formulae (I-1) to (I-3), and repeating units containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a lactone structure, a sultone structure, and a cyano group; and (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Kataoka, Yusuke Iizuka, Akinori Shibuya, Tomoki Matsuda, Naohiro Tango
  • Publication number: 20140248562
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an actinic ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition including (A) a compound represented by a general formula (1) below that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, and (B) a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori SHIBUYA, Yoko TOKUGAWA, Tomoki MATSUDA, Junichi ITO, Shohei KATAOKA, Toshiaki FUKUHARA, Naohiro TANGO, Kaoru IWATO, Masahiro YOSHIDOME, Shinichi SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140234762
    Abstract: A pattern forming method including: a process of forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin including a Repeating Unit (a1) having a group capable of being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group, and a compound capable of generating acid through irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; a process of exposing the film; and a process of developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative tone pattern, wherein the value X obtained by substituting the number of each atom included in the Repeating Unit (a1) after being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group in the following formula is 0<X?5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Michihiro SHIRAKAWA, Shohei KATAOKA, Shoichi SAITOH, Fumihiro YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20140234759
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an actinic ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing (A) a resin containing a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) below and a repeating unit that is decomposed by an action of an acid to generate an alkali-soluble group, and (B) a compound that generates the acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, where L represents a bivalent connecting group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and Z represents a cyclic acid anhydride structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei KATAOKA, Akinori SHIBUYA, Junichi ITO, Tomoki MATSUDA, Toshiaki FUKUHARA, Naohiro TANGO, Kaoru IWATO, Masahiro YOSHIDOME, Shinichi SUGIYAMA, Yoko TOKUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140212814
    Abstract: Provided is an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition, including any of compounds of general formula (1) below that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, is decomposed to thereby generate an acid and a resin that when acted on by an acid, is decomposed to thereby increase its solubility in an alkali developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi ITO, Akinori SHIBUYA, Tomoki MATSUDA, Yoko TOKUGAWA, Toshiaki FUKUHARA, Naohiro TANGO, Kaoru IWATO, Masahiro YOSHIDOME, Shinichi SUGIYAMA, Shohei KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20140127627
    Abstract: Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a resist film formed with the composition, and a pattern-forming method using the same. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (P) a resin that contains the following repeating units (A), (B) and (C); and a solvent having a boiling temperature of 150° C. or less, (A) a repeating unit containing a group capable of decomposing and forming an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, (B) a repeating unit containing a group capable of decomposing and forming a carboxylic acid by the action of an acid, and (C) a repeating unit containing a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Hidenori Takahashi, Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Shohei Kataoka, Takeshi Inasaki