Patents by Inventor Taiichi Furukawa

Taiichi Furukawa 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: 20150160556
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ANNO, Takashi MORI, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Kazunori TAKANASHI, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Shin-ya MINEGISHI
  • Patent number: 9034559
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes providing a resist film on a substrate using a radiation-sensitive composition. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer solution. The developer solution includes no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive composition includes at least two components including a first polymer and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The first polymer includes a structural unit having an acid-labile group. One or more components of the radiation-sensitive composition have a group represented by a formula (1). A? represents —N?—SO2—RD, —COO?, —O? or —SO3?. —SO3? does not directly bond to a carbon atom having a fluorine atom. RD represents a linear or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. X+ represents an onium cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sakakibara, Masafumi Hori, Taiichi Furukawa, Koji Ito
  • Patent number: 8993223
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Anno, Takashi Mori, Hirokazu Sakakibara, Taiichi Furukawa, Kazunori Takanashi, Hiromitsu Tanaka, Shin-ya Minegishi
  • Patent number: 8980539
    Abstract: A developer includes an organic solvent and a nitrogen-containing compound. The developer is configured to develop a resist film to form a negative resist pattern. The resist film is formed using a photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes a polymer and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The polymer includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Taiichi Furukawa, Hirokazu Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20150050600
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ANNO, Takashi MORI, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Kazunori TAKANASHI, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Shin-ya MINEGISHI
  • Publication number: 20140363766
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes forming a resist coating film using a radiation-sensitive resin composition. The resist coating film is exposed and developed using a developer solution containing no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer component including a polymer having an acid-labile group, and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The polymer component includes, in an identical polymer or different polymers, a first structural unit having a first hydrocarbon group, and a second structural unit having a second hydrocarbon group. The first hydrocarbon group is an unsubstituted or substituted branched chain group, or the is like. The second hydrocarbon group has an adamantane skeleton. A molar ratio of the second hydrocarbon group to the first hydrocarbon group is less than 1. A proportion of a structural unit having a hydroxyl group in the polymer component is less than 5 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Masafumi HORI, Koji ITO, Hiromu MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20140295350
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes coating a radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to provide a resist film. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer solution including no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, and an acid diffusion controller which includes a compound having an amide group. The polymer has a weight average molecular weight in terms of the polystyrene equivalent of greater than 6,000 and includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group. The polymer includes less than 5 mol % or 0 mol % of a second structural unit that includes a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Reiko KIMURA, Masafumi HORI
  • Publication number: 20140255854
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes providing a resist film on a substrate using a photoresist composition. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer having an organic solvent content of 80 mass % or more. The photoresist composition includes a first polymer, a second polymer, and an acid generator. The first polymer is a base polymer and includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group. The second polymer includes a second structural unit that includes an acid-labile group, and has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the first polymer. The second structural unit is represented by a formula (1) or a formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Hiromu MIYATA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Koji ITO
  • Patent number: 8822140
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-labile group-containing polymer and a photoacid generator. The resist film is exposed. The resist film is developed using a developer including an organic solvent in an amount of no less than 80% by mass to a total amount of the developer. The radiation-sensitive resin composition has a contrast value ? of from 5.0 to 30.0. The contrast value ? is calculated from a resist dissolution contrast curve obtained by changing only a dose of a light used for exposing the resist film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sakakibara, Hiromu Miyata, Koji Ito, Taiichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8815493
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes coating a radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to provide a resist film. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed with a developer solution including no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a base polymer, a fluorine-atom-containing polymer, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, a solvent, and a compound. The base polymer has an acid-labile group. The fluorine-atom-containing polymer has a content of fluorine atoms higher than a content of fluorine atoms of the base polymer. The compound has a relative permittivity greater than a relative permittivity of the solvent by at least 15. A content of the compound is no less than 10 parts by mass and no greater than 200 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ito, Hirokazu Sakakibara, Masafumi Hori, Taiichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8795954
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes coating a radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to provide a resist film. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer solution including no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The polymer has a weight average molecular weight in terms of the polystyrene equivalent of greater than 6,000 and includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group. The polymer includes less than 5 mol % or 0 mol % of a second structural unit that includes a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sakakibara, Taiichi Furukawa, Reiko Kimura, Masafumi Hori
  • Publication number: 20140178825
    Abstract: A developer includes an organic solvent and a nitrogen-containing compound. The developer is configured to develop a resist film to form a negative resist pattern. The resist film is formed using a photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes a polymer and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The polymer includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichi FURUKAWA, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20140134544
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ANNO, Takashi MORI, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Kazunori TAKANASHI, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Shin-ya MINEGISHI
  • Patent number: 8703401
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes forming a resist film on a substrate using a photoresist composition, exposing the resist film, and developing the exposed resist film using a negative developer that includes an organic solvent. The photoresist composition includes (A) a polymer that includes a structural unit (I) including an acid-labile group that dissociates due to an acid, the solubility of the polymer in the developer decreasing upon dissociation of the acid-labile group, and (B) a photoacid generator. The developer includes a nitrogen-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Taiichi Furukawa, Hirokazu Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 8669042
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Anno, Takashi Mori, Hirokazu Sakakibara, Taiichi Furukawa, Kazunori Takanashi, Hiromitsu Tanaka, Shin-ya Minegishi
  • Publication number: 20130337385
    Abstract: A negative pattern-forming method includes providing a resist film on a substrate using a photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes a first polymer and an organic solvent. The first polymer includes a first structural unit having an acid-generating capability. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichi FURUKAWA, Koji ITO, Hiromu MIYATA, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20130323653
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-labile group-containing polymer and a photoacid generator. The resist film is exposed. The resist film is developed using a developer including an organic solvent in an amount of no less than 80% by mass to a total amount of the developer. The radiation-sensitive resin composition has a contrast value ? of from 5.0 to 30.0. The contrast value ? is calculated from a resist dissolution contrast curve obtained by changing only a dose of a light used for exposing the resist film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Hiromu MIYATA, Koji ITO, Taiichi FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130316287
    Abstract: A photoresist composition includes a base polymer, a polymer and an acid generator. The base polymer includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group. The polymer includes a second structural unit that includes an acid-labile group, and has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the base polymer. The photoresist composition is developed using an organic solvent. The second structural unit is represented by a formula (1) or a formula (2). R1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. Z1 is a divalent monocyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or a divalent polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. R2 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. R3 is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Hiromu MIYATA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Koji ITO
  • Publication number: 20130295506
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes forming a resist coating film using a radiation-sensitive resin composition. The resist coating film is exposed and developed using a developer solution containing no less than 80% by mass of an organic solvent. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer component including a polymer having an acid-labile group, and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. The polymer component includes, in an identical polymer or different polymers, a first structural unit having a first hydrocarbon group, and a second structural unit having a second hydrocarbon group. The first hydrocarbon group is an unsubstituted or substituted branched chain group, or the is like. The second hydrocarbon group has an adamantane skeleton. A molar ratio of the second hydrocarbon group to the first hydrocarbon group is less than 1. A proportion of a structural unit having a hydroxyl group in the polymer component is less than 5 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Taiichi FURUKAWA, Masafumi HORI, Koji ITO, Hiromu MIYATA
  • Patent number: 8530146
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-labile group-containing polymer and photoacid generator. The radiation-sensitive resin composition is used to form a resist pattern using a developer that includes an organic solvent in an amount of 80 mass % or more. The radiation-sensitive resin composition has a contrast value ? of 5.0 to 30.0. The contrast value ? is calculated from a resist dissolution contrast curve obtained when developing the radiation-sensitive resin composition using the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sakakibara, Hiromu Miyata, Koji Ito, Taiichi Furukawa