Patents by Inventor Takuo Ohwada

Takuo Ohwada 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: 11732365
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a remover composition which can sufficiently remove ruthenium (Ru) remaining on substrates and can be inhibited from evolving RuO4 gas. The remover composition, which is for removing ruthenium remaining on substrates, has a pH at 25° C. of 8 or higher and includes one or more pH buffer ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itsuki Kashiwagi, Takuo Ohwada
  • Patent number: 11512397
    Abstract: An etchant composition that is capable of batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film and a method for etching using said etchant composition are provided. The etching composition of the present invention is an etchant composition comprising nitric acid and water for batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryou Kouno, Takuo Ohwada
  • Patent number: 11279904
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning liquid composition which is useful for cleaning of a substrate or the like that has been subjected to a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process, etc in the production steps of an electronic device such as a semiconductor element. A cleaning liquid composition according to the present invention is used for the purpose of cleaning a substrate that has a Cu wiring, and comprises one or more basic compounds and one or more nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic aromatic compounds that contain one or more carboxyl groups or ester groups, provided that in cases where one or more amino groups are contained therein, only amino groups directly bonded to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rind are contained. This cleaning liquid composition has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8-12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kikue Morita, Areji Takanaka, Takuo Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20220002881
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a remover composition which can sufficiently remove ruthenium (Ru) remaining on substrates and can be inhibited from evolving RuO4 gas. The remover composition, which is for removing ruthenium remaining on substrates, has a pH at 25° C. of 8 or higher and includes one or more pH buffer ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Itsuki KASHIWAGI, Takuo OHWADA
  • Patent number: 11046910
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning solution composition which, when cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate, does not damage SiO2, Si3N4, Si, and the like forming a layer on the substrate surface, can be used under processing conditions applicable to a brush scrub cleaning chamber equipped with a CMP apparatus, and can efficiently remove compounds derived from abrasive particles in a slurry. This cleaning solution composition for cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate contains: one or two or more fluorine atom-containing inorganic acids or salts thereof; water; one or two or more reducing agents; and one or two or more anionic surfactants, and has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of less than 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Taniguchi, Areji Takanaka, Takuo Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20210163856
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cleaning liquid composition useful in cleaning substrates, etc., which have undergone treatment such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in a process for manufacturing electronic devices such as semiconductor elements. This cleaning liquid composition for cleaning substrates having Cu wiring includes one or more basic compounds and one or more heteromonocyclic aromatic compounds containing a nitrogen atom, and has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8-11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kikue Morita, Chiyoko Horike, Keisuke Fukaya, Takuo Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20210123142
    Abstract: An etchant composition that is capable of batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film and a method for etching using said etchant composition are provided. The etching composition of the present invention is an etchant composition comprising nitric acid and water for batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ryou KOUNO, Takuo OHWADA
  • Publication number: 20210095378
    Abstract: A gold deposition accelerator for electroless gold plating comprising one or more alkali metal compound(s), wherein said alkali metal compound is not a compound comprising only sodium as an alkali metal, and said alkali metal compound is not only halide, only potassium sulfite, or only potassium sodium tartrate of an alkali metal, an electroless gold plating solution comprising said gold deposition accelerator, a gold plating method and a gold deposition accelerating method using the same and the like are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro TSUDA, Tomoaki TOKUHISA, Takuo OHWADA, Kazutaka SENDA
  • Publication number: 20200017801
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning solution composition which, when cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate, does not damage SiO2, Si3N4, Si, and the like forming a layer on the substrate surface, can be used under processing conditions applicable to a brush scrub cleaning chamber equipped with a CMP apparatus, and can efficiently remove compounds derived from abrasive particles in a slurry. This cleaning solution composition for cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate contains: one or two or more fluorine atom-containing inorganic acids or salts thereof; water; one or two or more reducing agents; and one or two or more anionic surfactants, and has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of less than 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yumiko TANIGUCHI, Areji TAKANAKA, Takuo OHWADA
  • Publication number: 20190345419
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning liquid composition which is useful for cleaning of a substrate or the like that has been subjected to a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process, etc in the production steps of an electronic device such as a semiconductor element. A cleaning liquid composition according to the present invention is used for the purpose of cleaning a substrate that has a Cu wiring, and comprises one or more basic compounds and one or more nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic aromatic compounds that contain one or more carboxyl groups or ester groups, provided that in cases where one or more amino groups are contained therein, only amino groups directly bonded to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rind are contained. This cleaning liquid composition has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kikue MORITA, Areji TAKANAKA, Takuo OHWADA
  • Publication number: 20190301026
    Abstract: An etchant composition that is capable of batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film and a method for etching using said etchant composition are provided. The etching composition of the present invention is an etchant composition comprising nitric acid and water for batch etching treatment of a tungsten film and a titanium nitride film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ryou Kouno, Takuo Ohwada
  • Patent number: 9334470
    Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a cleaning liquid composition that has excellent removability for metallic impurities and particulates, does not cause corrosion of Cu, and can clean a semiconductor substrate having copper wiring in a production process for an electronic device such as a semiconductor device. [Solution means] A cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a semiconductor substrate having copper wiring, the cleaning liquid composition containing one or more types of basic compound containing no metal, and one or more types of phosphonic acid-based chelating agent, and having a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KANTO KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Taniguchi, Kikue Morita, Chiyoko Horike, Takuo Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20160083675
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cleaning liquid composition useful in cleaning substrates, etc., which have undergone treatment such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in a process for manufacturing electronic devices such as semiconductor elements. This cleaning liquid composition for cleaning substrates having Cu wiring includes one or more basic compounds and one or more heteromonocyclic aromatic compounds containing a nitrogen atom, and has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8-11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kikue Morita, Chiyoko Horike, Keisuke Fukaya, Takuo Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20150075850
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an etching solution composition for etching a metal oxide containing In and a metal oxide containing Zn and In used as a transparent electrode or an oxide semiconductor of an electronic device such as a semiconductor element or a flat panel display (FPD), the etching solution composition being controllable to give a practical etching rate, having high dissolving power toward Zn, and enabling a long solution life due to suppressed variation of the formulation during use. The object is solved by an etching solution composition that enables microfabrication to be carried out for a metal oxide containing In and a metal oxide containing Zn and In used as a transparent electrode or an oxide semiconductor of an electronic device such as a semiconductor element or an FPD, the composition containing water and at least one type of acid, excluding hydrohalic acids, perhalic acids, etc., having an acid dissociation constant pKan at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuo Ohwada, Toshikazu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20130231271
    Abstract: Provided are a photoresist residue and polymer residue removing liquid composition, and a method of removing the residue used therewith, for removing photoresist residue and polymer residue produced during a process of manufacturing a semiconductor circuit element having metallic wiring. Specifically, the composition does not contain nitrogen-containing organic hydroxyl compounds, ammonia or fluorine compounds, and contains an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having a melting point of 25° C. or higher with an excellent residue removing property and having a metallic oxide main component as the residue removing component. The photoresist residue and polymer residue removing liquid composition, and the method of removing the residue used therewith, is capable of preventing the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid from being recrystallized by evaporation of water after a solution has adhered around a cleaning device liquid ejecting nozzle or a cleaning tank and a chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuo Ohwada
  • Patent number: 8513140
    Abstract: A post-dry etching cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a substrate after dry etching is provided, the cleaning liquid composition containing at least one type of fluorine compound, glyoxylic acid, at least one type of organic acid salt, and water. With regard to the fluorine compound, ammonium fluoride may be used. With regard to the organic acid salt, at least one of ammonium oxalate, ammonium tartarate, ammonium citrate, and ammonium acetate may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Muramatsu, Kazumi Asada, Yukino Hagino, Atsushi Okuyama, Takahito Nakajima, Kazuhiko Takase, Yoshihiro Uozumi, Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Takuo Ohwada, Norio Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8105998
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid composition for, at a low temperature in a short time, removing a photoresist residue and a polymer residue generated in a semiconductor circuit element manufacturing process A residue removing method using such composition is also provided. The composition removes the photoresist residue and/or the polymer residue generated in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor circuit element having a metal wiring. The composition includes a fluorine compound of 0.5-3.0 mass % and water not over 30 mass %, and has a pH of 4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuo Ohwada
  • Patent number: 7943516
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device forms an interlayer insulating film on a nickel silicide layer formed on a substrate, and forms a through hole by performing dry etching using a resist pattern, formed on the interlayer insulating film, as a mask and then removing the resist pattern by ashing. A wafer after an ashing process is cleaned using a cleaning solution comprised of aqueous solution having a content of the fluorine-containing compound of 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, a content of chelating agent of 0.2 to 5.0 mass %, and a content of the organic acid salt of 0.1 to 3.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Takuo Ohwada, Kaoru Ikegami, Norio Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110014793
    Abstract: A post-dry etching cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a substrate after dry etching is provided, the cleaning liquid composition containing at least one type of fluorine compound, glyoxylic acid, at least one type of organic acid salt, and water. With regard to the fluorine compound, ammonium fluoride may be used. With regard to the organic acid salt, at least one of ammonium oxalate, ammonium tartarate, ammonium citrate, and ammonium acetate may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Masafumi Muramatsu, Kazumi Asada, Yukino Hagino, Atsushi Okuyama, Takahito Nakajima, Kazuhiko Takase, Yoshihiro Uozumi, Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Takuo Ohwada, Norio Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100048443
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid composition for, at a low temperature in a short time, removing a photoresist residue and a polymer residue generated in a semiconductor circuit element manufacturing process A residue removing method using such composition is also provided. The composition removes the photoresist residue and/or the polymer residue generated in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor circuit element having a metal wiring. The composition includes a fluorine compound of 0.5-3.0 mass % and water not over 30 mass %, and has a pH of 4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuo Ohwada