Patents by Inventor Yoshiko Otani

Yoshiko Otani 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: 6761947
    Abstract: A silicone-based adhesive sheet prepared by a process comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a substantially cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials. A method of manufacturing a silicone-based adhesive sheet comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6621173
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a semiconductor chip; a semiconductor chip attachment element facing the semiconductor chip, at least one interconnect on the surface of the semiconductor chip attachment element; and at least one member consisting of a metal or metal alloy that electrically connects the semiconductor chip with the interconnects; wherein the semiconductor chip is bonded to the semiconductor chip attachment element by an adhesive and at least a portion of at least one member that electrically connects the semiconductor chip with at least one interconnect is sealed or imbedded with a sealant/filling agent, and the complex modulus of at least one of the adhesive and the sealant/filling agent is not greater than 1×108 Pa at −65° C. and a shear frequency of 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Publication number: 20030129347
    Abstract: A silicone-based adhesive sheet prepared by a process comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a substantially cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials. A method of manufacturing a silicone-based adhesive sheet comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6551676
    Abstract: A silicone-based adhesive sheet prepared by a process comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a substantially cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials. A method of manufacturing a silicone-based adhesive sheet comprising (i) curing a silicone composition to form a cured product while the composition lies between backing materials, wherein at least one of the backing materials has a surface comprising oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms in contact with the silicone composition and the backing materials are releasable from the cured product, and (ii) separating the cured product from the backing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6498400
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element; a substrate; and a hot-melt adhesive sheet bonding the semiconductor element to the substrate, wherein the hot-melt adhesive sheet comprises a spacer having the form of a sheet and a hot melt adhesive on both sides of the spacer. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element; a substrate; and a hot-melt adhesive sheet bonding the semiconductor element to the substrate, wherein the hot-melt adhesive sheet comprises a mixture of a hot melt adhesive and a spacer, wherein the adhesive is selected from a silicone-modified epoxy resin adhesive, a silicone adhesive, and a silicone-modified polyimide adhesive, and the spacer has the form of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., LTD
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6304000
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor chip, a semiconductor chip attachment site facing the semiconductor chip, and an adhesive silicone sheet bonding the semiconductor chip to the chip attachment site, wherein at least the surfaces of the sheet that connect the semiconductor chip and chip attachment site are a semi-cured product of a curable silicone composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Isshiki, Katsutoshi Mine, Yoshiko Otani, Kimio Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20010018124
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element; a substrate; and a hot-melt adhesive sheet bonding the semiconductor element to the substrate, wherein the hot-melt adhesive sheet comprises a spacer having the form of a sheet and a hot melt adhesive on both sides of the spacer. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element; a substrate; and a hot-melt adhesive sheet bonding the semiconductor element to the substrate, wherein the hot-melt adhesive sheet comprises a mixture of a hot melt adhesive and a spacer, wherein the adhesive is selected from a silicone-modified epoxy resin adhesive, a silicone adhesive, and a silicone-modified polyimide adhesive, and the spacer has the form of particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6235862
    Abstract: An adhesive silicone sheet that enroute to its complete cure is inhibited from releasing low-viscosity silicone oil, that provides excellent bond between a semiconductor chip and the corresponding chip attachment site, and that as a consequence of these features supports the fabrication of highly reliable semiconductor devices, The adhesive silicone sheet is produced by a very efficient method which yields an adhesive silicone sheet having particularly good adhesiveness. The siliocone adhesive sheet is used to produce highly reliable semiconductor devices in which the semiconductor chip has been bonded to its attachment site using the subject adhesive silicone sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Isshiki, Katsutoshi Mine, Yoshiko Otani, Kimio Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 6231974
    Abstract: To provides a hot-melt adhesive sheet that provides very precise bonding and a stress-relaxation capacity. Also, to provide highly reliable semiconductor devices in which the semiconductor element is bonded to its element attachment site using this hot-melt adhesive sheet. Hot-melt adhesive sheet that characteristically has hot-melt adhesive on both surfaces of the sheet and spacer within the sheet. Also, semiconductor device characterized in that the semiconductor element therein is bonded to its element attachment site by the above-described hot-melt adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Yamakawa, Minoru Isshiki, Yoshiko Otani, Katsutoshi Mine
  • Patent number: 6225433
    Abstract: A curable silicon composition, comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane containing silicon-bonded aryl groups and at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, and having a viscosity of from 0.01 to 1,000 Pa.s at 25° C., wherein the aryl groups comprise from 1 to 40 mole % of the total silicon-bonded organic groups in the organopolysiloxane; (B) an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of from 0.001 to 10 Pa.s at 25° C. and containing at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, in a quantity sufficient to cure the composition; (C) a platinum catalyst in a quantity sufficient to cure the composition; and (D) 0.00001 to 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of from 0.01 to 10,000 Pa.s at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Isshiki, Katsutoshi Mine, Yoshiko Otani, Kimio Yamakawa