Abstract: The fine pattern mold that includes a roll, a buffer tube with inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roll, and a stamper tube in which its inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the buffer tube and a fine concave/convex pattern is formed on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the buffer tube has a larger coefficient of linear expansion and a smaller elastic modulus than those of the stamper tube.

Abstract: The fine pattern mold that includes a roll, a buffer tube with inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roll, and a stamper tube in which its inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the buffer tube and a fine concave/convex pattern is formed on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the buffer tube has a larger coefficient of linear expansion and a smaller elastic modulus than those of the stamper tube.

Abstract: The fine pattern mold comprises: that includes a roll, a buffer tube with inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roll, and a stamper tube in which its inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the buffer tube and a fine concave/convex pattern is formed on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the buffer tube has a larger coefficient of linear expansion and a smaller elastic modulus than those of the stamper tube.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to improve the adhesion and processing characteristics of electrode composite layers and to provide a lithium secondary battery by which a decrease in battery capacity during high-temperature storage at 50° C. or higher is suppressed. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium ions, a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium ions, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode or the electrolyte contains a nonvolatile liquid.

Abstract: A small-sized electronic circuit component comprising micro-wiring and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic circuit component is manufactured by a manufacturing method comprising the steps of forming a recessed portion which is to be a three-dimensional wiring in the surface of an insulating base material of the electronic circuit component comprising the wiring, forming a first metal layer which is to be an electroplated conductive layer on the surface of the insulating base material including the recessed portion, selectively forming a second metal layer which is to be the wiring only in the recessed portion which is to be the wiring, and removing the first metal layer formed on the surface other than in the recessed portion which is to be the wiring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a metal structure comprising a substrate and a metal film formed on the substrate; comprising the steps of providing surface having irregularities made of a electrical conductor in the area of the substrate where the metal body or film is to be formed; and preferentially forming the metal body or film by electroplating in the area provided with the conductive surface having irregularities. The plating bath may preferably contain an additive compound such as a cyanine dye which is capable of suppressing the plating reaction, and which loses such plating-suppressing effect with the progress of the plating reaction. The metal film can be produced by electroplating in the area provided with the surface having irregularities.

Abstract: A copper wiring board having fine wiring, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The copper wiring board of the present invention is a wiring board comprising an insulating substrate, a plurality of wire trenches formed in the insulating substrate, and wires filled in the wire trenches, wherein when any two of the wires are selected, and cross sections are taken perpendicular to a direction of current flow in the wires, a wire width in one wire cross section is narrower than a wire width in the other wire cross section, and a wire thickness in the one wire cross section is thicker than a wire thickness in the other wire cross section.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to alleviate a work for removing an unnecessary metal layer when wiring and vias are formed on a substrate by electroplating. An additive is added to a plating solution to be used for electroplating. The additive has a plating reaction suppressing capability, but has a characteristic that the plating reaction suppressing capability is reduced as the plating reaction progresses. The additive has a capability for increasing a metal deposition overpotential and has a characteristic that the metal deposition overpotential is reduced as the reaction progresses. As a result, the metal can be deposited selectively in a trench and a via formed on the substrate. When a wiring and a via are formed on the substrate, the trench and the via having a predetermined surface roughness are formed on the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a fine pattern mold capable of transferring a fine concave/convex pattern accurately without causing deformation of the fine concave/convex pattern itself. The fine patter mold comprises: a roll; a buffer tube whose inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the roll; and a stamper tube in which its inner peripheral surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the buffer tube and a fine concave/convex pattern is formed on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the buffer tube has a larger coefficient of linear expansion and a smaller elastic modulus than those of the stamper tube.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wiring board having high-density wiring with a controlled shape without masking by a resist film and a production method thereof. In the present invention, the production method of a wiring board having copper wiring on an insulating substrate includes the steps of forming a metal seed layer on the insulating substrate, the metal seed layer having a roughened shape in a portion on which the copper wiring or a bump is to be formed, and forming an electroplated film of copper or an alloy of copper through electroplating on the portion of the metal seed layer having the roughened shape. A substance for suppressing the plating reaction is added to a plating bath to provide an angle of 90 degrees or smaller between a surface of the insulating substrate and a side of the electroplated film.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming a conductive pattern having an excellent uniformity of film thickness within the surface of a substrate independently of the density of the pattern. [Solution] The production method of a conductive pattern in accordance with the present invention comprises the step of electroplating for forming a conductive pattern by electroplating on a metal seed layer formed on an insulated substrate using a plating bath containing an accelerator for reducing the deposition overpotential of a plated metal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a metal structure comprising a substrate and a metal film formed on the substrate; comprising the steps of providing surface having irregularities made of a electrical conductor in the area of the substrate where the metal body or film is to be formed; and preferentially forming the metal body or film by electroplating in the area provided with the conductive surface having irregularities. The plating bath may preferably contain an additive compound such as a cyanine dye which is capable of suppressing the plating reaction, and which loses such plating-suppressing effect with the progress of the plating reaction. The metal film can be produced by electroplating in the area provided with the surface having irregularities.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wiring board having high-density wiring with a controlled shape without masking by a resist film and a production method thereof. In the present invention, the production method of a wiring board having copper wiring on an insulating substrate includes the steps of forming a metal seed layer on the insulating substrate, the metal seed layer having a roughened shape in a portion on which the copper wiring or a bump is to be formed, and forming an electroplated film of copper or an alloy of copper through electroplating on the portion of the metal seed layer having the roughened shape. A substance for suppressing the plating reaction is added to a plating bath to provide an angle of 90 degrees or smaller between a surface of the insulating substrate and a side of the electroplated film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability and the yield of production of semiconductor integrated circuit devices by filling copper in the inside of features having a high aspect ratio for forming multi-layer interconnections composed of a plurality of interconnection layers which are connected to one another and to a copper electroplating bath suitable therefor. In the present invention, when the features are filled with copper, the use of a copper electroplating bath with an addition of cyanine dyes, for example, indolium compounds allows the copper plating to proceed preferentially from the bottoms of the features.

Abstract: A plating method comprising using a plating solution containing an additive satisfying the following conditions:

Abstract: A plating method comprising using a plating solution containing an additive satisfying the following conditions: 0.005×h2/w<D/&kgr;<0.5×h2/w, and 0.01≦&THgr;≦0.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability and the yield of production of semiconductor integrated circuit devices by filling copper in the inside of features having a high aspect ratio for forming multi-layer interconnections composed of a plurality of interconnection layers which are connected to one another and to a copper electroplating bath suitable therefor. In the present invention, when the features are filled with copper, the use of a copper electroplating bath with an addition of cyanine dyes, for example, indolium compounds allows the copper plating to proceed preferentially from the bottoms of the features.

Abstract: The semiconductor device is provided with an insulator layer having a via-stud on a semiconductor substrate, the via-stud being formed in a via-hole through a barrier layer formed of an inorganic compound layer or a high melting point metal layer formed on an inner surface of the via-hole, the via-stud being made of the same metal as a metal composing the barrier layer. The semiconductor device can be obtained by forming the barrier layer on the inner surface of the via-hole in the semiconductor substrate, then treating the substrate with a treatment solution containing a complex forming agent, immersing the treated substrate into an electroless plating solution, bringing a member made of the same metal as a metal formed by the electroless plating in contact with the electroless plating solution, and electrically connecting the member to the barrier layer to perform electroless plating.

Abstract: When a wiring conductor is formed on a semiconductor substrate, a via-hole or a trench is formed by directly performing electroless plating on a barrier layer containing a very small depressed portion such as the via-hole or the trench in an insulator layer without using a dry metallized method or a substitutive plating method. The semiconductor device is provided with an insulator layer having a via-stud on a semiconductor substrate, the via-stud being formed in a via-hole through a barrier layer formed of an inorganic compound layer or a high melting point metal layer formed on an inner surface of the via-hole, the via-stud being made of the same metal as a metal composing the barrier layer.