Polishes Patents (Class 106/3)
  • Patent number: 11897081
    Abstract: Provided are a polishing method that can be commonly applied to different types of silicon substrates varying in resistivity as well as a polishing composition set used in the polishing method. The silicon substrate polishing method provided by this invention comprises supplying a first polishing slurry S1 and a second polishing slurry S2 to a silicon substrate to be polished, switching them in this order midway through polishing the silicon substrate. The first polishing slurry S1 comprises an abrasive A1 and a water-soluble polymer P1. The polishing removal rate of the first polishing slurry S1 is higher than that of the second polishing slurry S2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shinichiro Takami, Yusuke Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11884843
    Abstract: A polishing composition according to the present invention contains abrasive grains, a basic inorganic compound, an anionic water-soluble polymer, and a dispersing medium, in which a zeta potential of the abrasive grains is negative, an aspect ratio of the abrasive grains is 1.1 or less, in a particle size distribution of the abrasive grains obtained by a laser diffraction/scattering method, a ratio D90/D50 of a particle diameter D90 when an integrated particle mass reaches 90% of a total particle mass from a fine particle side to a particle diameter D50 when the integrated particle mass reaches 50% of the total particle mass from the fine particle side is more than 1.3, and the basic inorganic compound is an alkali metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Ryota Mae
  • Patent number: 11873420
    Abstract: A polishing composition eliminating protrusions around a laser mark in wafer polishing processes, the manufacturing method therefor and a polishing method using the composition. The polishing composition including silica particles and water, wherein: the composition includes a tetraalkylammonium ion such that the mass ratio of the ion to SiO2 of the silica particles is 0.400 to 1.500:1, and the mass ratio of SiO2 dissolved in the polishing composition to SiO2 is 0.100 to 1.500:1; the tetraalkylammonium ion is derived from a compound selected from the group made of an alkali silicate, a hydroxide, a carbonate, a sulfate, and a halide while the ion is contained in the polishing composition in 0.2% by mass to 8.0% by mass; and the dissolved SiO2 is derived from a tetraalkylammonium silicate, a potassium silicate, a sodium silicate, or a mixture of any of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Yamaguchi, Hibiki Ishijima, Eiichiro Ishimizu
  • Patent number: 11819978
    Abstract: A grinding material includes a base sheet and a grinding layer overlaid on a front face side of the base sheet and including abrasive grains and a binder for the abrasive grains. The grinding layer includes the abrasive grains of a plurality of types. Of the abrasive grains of the plurality of types, provided that first abrasive grains have the largest average diameter and second abrasive grains have the second largest average diameter, the percentage of the average diameter of the second abrasive grains with respect to that of the first abrasive grains is 5-70%. The total content of the abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 50-85% by volume. The content of the first abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 1-25% by volume. The first abrasive grains are preferably diamond abrasive grains and the second abrasive grains are preferably alumina abrasive grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Takagi, Tomoki Iwanaga, Kazuo Saito, Toshikazu Taura
  • Patent number: 11661539
    Abstract: The present invention is polishing particles for polishing a synthetic quartz glass substrate. The polishing particles contain cerium-based polishing particles and have a breaking strength, which is measured by a compression tester, of 30 MPa or more. This provides polishing particles for polishing a synthetic quartz glass substrate while sufficiently reducing generation of defects due to polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhito Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11525072
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry composition includes an oxidant including oxygen, and an abrasive particle having a core structure encapsulated by a shell structure. The core structure includes a first compound and the shell structure includes a second compound different from the first compound, where a diameter of the core structure is greater than a thickness of the shell structure, and where the first compound is configured to react with the oxidant to form a reactive oxygen species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Hsuan Lee, Shen-Nan Lee, Chen-Hao Wu, Chun-Hung Liao, Teng-Chun Tsai, Huang-Lin Chao
  • Patent number: 11499072
    Abstract: A composition suitable for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate can comprise abrasive particles, a multi-valent metal borate, at least one oxidizer and a solvent. The composition can polish a substrate with a high material removal rate and a very smooth surface finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Jason A. Sherlock, Long Huy Bui, Douglas E. Ward
  • Patent number: 11492512
    Abstract: To provide a polishing composition suitable for the use of polishing a polishing object having a film containing a silicon material having a silicon-silicon bond formed on a pattern containing an insulating film by a CMP method to form circuit patterns containing the silicon material and capable of also suppressing a remarkable reduction in polishing removal rate. A polishing composition of this invention contains abrasives, a first water-soluble polymer containing a polymer compound containing a lactam ring and having a weight average molecular weight of less than 300,000, a second water-soluble polymer containing a polymer compound containing a lactam ring and having a weight average molecular weight smaller than that of the first water-soluble polymer, a basic compound, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yoshizaki, Ayano Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11467487
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a template includes: providing a base; forming a photoresist pattern on the base and patterning the base by using the photoresist pattern as a mask, and the forming the photoresist pattern includes: forming a plurality of first patterns spaced apart from each other on the base; forming a first material layer on the plurality of first patterns; patterning the at least one first pattern by using the first material layer as a mask so that the first pattern is formed into at least one first sub-pattern; and removing the first material layer; and the first material layer at least cover one side of at least one of the plurality of first patterns in a direction perpendicular to a surface on which the base is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Guo, Lu Wang
  • Patent number: 11447661
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for producing an aluminum platter, which can improve the smoothness of the substrate surface before a magnetic layer is formed thereon and can provide a hard disk substrate that can be processed into a medium with a high yield. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for producing an aluminum platter, including the following steps 1 and 2: step 1: bringing a composition containing a compound (component A) that has at least one structure represented by the following formula (I) and has a molecular weight between 50 and 100,000 inclusive into contact with a substrate surface of a Ni—P plated aluminum alloy substrate; and step 2: forming a magnetic layer on the substrate obtained in the step 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Ando
  • Patent number: 11400040
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to nail varnish compositions including, in one or more cosmetically acceptable organic solvents: a main film-forming agent including nitrocellulose, at least one fumed silica having a BET specific surface area of at least 170 m2/g, at least one secondary resin having at least one aromatic group in its chemical structure, at least one plasticiser, at least one colorant, which is insoluble in the solvent. The composition is free or substantially free of clay compounds, especially of modified clays, in particular of organophilic clays. The disclosure also relates to the use of these compositions for protecting and/or making up the nails, and also to packaged, ready-to-use items intended for this use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FIABILA SAS
    Inventor: Francisco Martinez
  • Patent number: 11339311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polishing composition with which polishing rates can be effectively improved and which is for polishing works to be polished. The polishing composition comprises water, abrasive grains, an oxidant, and a polishing accelerator. The polishing accelerator comprises at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and alkaline-earth metal salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuaki Ito, Naoto Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11339309
    Abstract: A polishing liquid is provided containing manganese oxide abrasive grains, permanganate ions, and a cellulosic surfactant or a cationic surfactant. The polishing liquid has a pH of 5 or more and 11 or less. The cellulosic surfactant is preferably a carboxymethyl cellulose or a derivative thereof. The cationic surfactant preferably has a quaternary ammonium ion site. The content of the cellulosic surfactant or the cationic surfactant is preferably 0.01 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the polishing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ken Matsuo, Masayuki Matsuyama, Mikimasa Horiuchi, Akinori Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11283068
    Abstract: Methods of preparing an electrochemically active material can include providing electrochemically active particles, coating the particles with a binder, and exposing the particles to a source of metal. The methods can also include forming metal salt on the surface of the particles from the source of metal and heating the metal salt to form metal oxide coated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjaya D. Perera, Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana
  • Patent number: 11203703
    Abstract: A polishing slurry includes an abrasive material, a first oxide polishing promoter, a first nitride polishing inhibitor, and a second nitride polishing inhibitor. The first oxide polishing promoter includes a polymer-based oxide polishing promoter. The first nitride polishing inhibitor includes an anionic nitride polishing inhibitor. The second nitride polishing inhibitor includes at least one selected from a cationic nitride polishing inhibitor and a non-ionic nitride polishing inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., UB MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunjin Cho, Joonhwa Bae, Byoungkwon Choo, Woojin Cho, Jinhyung Park
  • Patent number: 11168239
    Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition is provided comprising (A) one or more compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives which act as corrosion inhibitors and (B) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a composite or mixture thereof. The invention also relates to the use of certain compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors, especially for increasing the selectivity of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for the removal of tantalum or tantalum nitride from a substrate for the manufacture of a semiconductor device in the presence of copper on said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Reichardt, Martin Kaller, Michael Lauter, Yuzhuo Li, Andreas Klipp
  • Patent number: 11156778
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure or a photonic device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a silicon nitride patterned layer over a carrier substrate; providing a first layer of a conformal oxide on the silicon nitride patterned layer such that it fully covers the silicon nitride patterned layer; and planarizing the first layer of conformal oxide to a predetermined thickness above the silicon nitride patterned layer to form a planarizing oxide layer. After the step of planarizing the first layer of conformal oxide, the method further comprises steps of clearing the silicon nitride patterned layer to form a dished silicon nitride patterned layer with a dishing height; and subsequently providing a second layer of a conformal oxide on or over the dished silicon nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Bich-Yen Nguyen, Gweltaz Gaudin
  • Patent number: 11111435
    Abstract: This invention pertains to compositions, methods and systems that can be used in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of a tungsten containing semiconductor device. CMP slurries comprising bicyclic amidine additives provide low dishing and low erosion topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Stender, Agnes Derecskei, Bradley J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 10968377
    Abstract: Described are chemical mechanical processing (CMP) compositions and related methods, including compositions and methods for polishing nickel phosphorus (NiP) surfaces for hard disk applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CMC Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Li, Hon Wu Lau
  • Patent number: 10954584
    Abstract: Methods of producing high purity powders of submicron particles of metal oxides are presented. The methods comprise providing or forming an alloy of a first metal with a second metal, optionally heating the alloy, subjecting the alloy to a leaching agent to remove the second metal from the alloy and to oxidize the first metal, thus forming submicron oxide particles of the first metal. Collections of high purity, high surface area, submicron particles are presented as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: PHINERGY LTD.
    Inventor: Ernst Khasin
  • Patent number: 10900168
    Abstract: A fabric treatment composition is provided that includes at least one zeta potential modifier, a fluoropolymer and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C., for imparting fabric protection benefits to a fabric, such as improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better hand feel. Fabric treatment compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and refresh the fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabric. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and refreshed by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory van Buskirk, Victor M. Casella
  • Patent number: 10844258
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the production of metal doped cerium compositions comprising a cerium oxide and a metal oxide by precipitation. The invention also concerns metal doped cerium compositions providing high crystallites size and exhibiting high thermal stabilities, which may be used as a catalytic support or for polishing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Naotaka Ohtake, Manabu Yuasa, Toshihiro Sasaki, Eisaku Suda, Lauriane Dalencon
  • Patent number: 10808209
    Abstract: A composition is provided that includes a universal hydrophobic active ingredient of modified silicone polymer forming a microemulsion in water, and a water miscible organic solvent to produce a clear and transparent solution that cleans and leaves a hydrophobic film on a glass substrate when dried. A process of applying the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Tze-Lee Phang, Liliana Minevski, Janice Crayton
  • Patent number: 10745588
    Abstract: This invention provides a silicon wafer polishing composition used in the presence of an abrasive. The composition comprises a silicon wafer polishing accelerator, an amide group-containing polymer, and water. The amide group-containing polymer has a building unit A in its main chain. The building unit A comprises a main chain carbon atom constituting the main chain of the amide group-containing polymer and a secondary amide group or a tertiary amide group. The carbonyl carbon atom constituting the secondary amide group or tertiary amide group is directly coupled to the main chain carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIMI INCORPORATED, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Hisanori Tansho, Taiki Ichitsubo, Yoshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10730755
    Abstract: A subject of this invention is to provide a dispersion liquid of a silica-based composite particle, which can rapidly polish silica film, Si wafer or even hard-to-process material, can concurrently achieve high surface accuracy (less scratches, etc.), and can suitably be used for surface polishing of semiconductor devices including semiconductor substrate and wiring board, by virtue of its impurity-free nature. The subject is solved by a dispersion liquid of a silica-based composite particle that contains a silica-based composite particle that has a core particle mainly composed of amorphous silica, and bound thereto a ceria particle mainly composed of crystalline ceria, further has a silica film that covers them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tawarazako, Yoshinori Wakamiya, Shingo Kashiwada, Kazuaki Inoue, Kazuhiro Nakayama, Michio Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10703935
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition for a silicon oxide film that can improve the speed of polishing a silicon oxide film. In one or more embodiments, a polishing composition for a silicon oxide film contains: water; a cerium oxide particle; and a compound having in its molecule an amino group and at least one acid group selected from a sulfonic acid group and a phosphonic acid group. In the polishing composition, [the number of moles of the acid group contained in the compound]/[total surface area of the cerium oxide particle] is in a range from 1.6×10?5 mol/m2 to 5.0×10?2 mol/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Doi, Koji Kinuta
  • Patent number: 10669462
    Abstract: Abrasives, a polishing composition, and a polishing method that can reduce undulation of an outer surface of a resin coating by polishing with reduced occurrence of polishing flaws. The polishing composition includes abrasives of aluminium oxide particles having a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or more and 50 m2/g or less and an average secondary particle diameter of 0.05 ?m or more and 4.8 ?m or less. This polishing composition can be used for polishing an outer surface of the resin coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eiichi Yamada, Kazusei Tamai
  • Patent number: 10570315
    Abstract: Described herein are polishing compositions containing an abrasive and a buffering material, wherein the pH of the polishing composition is about 6 to about 9, and methods of preparing and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hooi-Sung Kim, Anne Miller
  • Patent number: 10562816
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-calcined cementitious compositions comprising micron inorganic particles, which can be used as a binder material; and provides non-calcined concrete compositions; non-calcined concretes are also provided, which exhibit similar or better physical and mechanical properties than those prepared with traditional cements do. The present invention also provides the preparation methods of the non-calcined cementitious compositions, the non-calcined concrete compositions and the non-calcined concretes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: RUENTEX MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Samuel Yin, Ching Ting Yang, Min-Tsung Wu, Chen-An Lee, Hui Sheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 10539036
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades. The blades have a polymeric coating thereon. An abradable seal circumscribes the blades and includes a polymeric matrix with a dispersion of a nanolayer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shahram Amini, Christopher W. Strock
  • Patent number: 10508220
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates. The slurry composition according to the invention includes an aqueous dispersion of abrasive particles and one of a polyvinyl alcohol compound, and a tertiary amide functionalized compound. The abrasive particles can be alumina, zirconia, silica, titania, ceria, spinel or combinations of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel D. Urban, Edward E. Abbott, Yue Liu
  • Patent number: 10490417
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to etching compositions containing 1) at least one oxidizing agent; 2) at least one chelating agent; 3) at least one metal corrosion inhibitor; 4) at least one organic solvent; 5) at least one amidine base; and 6) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Dory, Emil A. Kneer, Tomonori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10441941
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of an alumina supported cerium oxide powder material. A cerium organometallic precursor is effectively decomposed into CeO2 nanoparticles at 500-700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere condition by using a chemical vapor deposition method, and the CeO2 nanoparticles are evenly dispersed on an Al2O3 support. The decomposition of the CeO2 precursor is accelerated by changing experimental parameters of reaction between organic materials and oxygen, so as to control the size and microstructure of powder, thereby achieving the preparation and even dispersion of cerium oxide nanoparticles, and avoiding the problem of generation of toxic waste liquor during reaction. The method of the present invention is simple, has a short preparation period, and the cerium oxide nanoparticles prepared are evenly dispersed, can be used as catalytic materials and functional materials, and have a broad application prospect in multiple fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Gaiye Li, Huiyang Cao, Xin Zhang, Wenmin Guo, Yuping Wu
  • Patent number: 10297461
    Abstract: The present invention provides a CMP polishing agent containing polishing particles, a protective agent, and water, wherein the protective agent is a silsesquioxane polymer having a polar group. This provides a CMP polishing agent which can reduce polishing scratches produced due to polishing in a CMP process and has high polishing selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhito Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10287457
    Abstract: A method for chemically stabilizing polishing slurries in aqueous suspension to prevent their agglomeration while maintaining their surface activity is disclosed. The method prevents the formation of irreversible particle agglomerates during drying and permits the subsequent re-suspension of dried particles with no impact on the particle size distribution. The stabilization method can be customized based on knowledge of the colloid surface charge at suspension pH conditions, addition of a charged species having like charge to the colloid at the suspension conditions, and control of the concentrations of the charged species and other ions in suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca Dylia-Spears, Michael Feit, Phillip E. Miller, William A. Steele, Tayyab I. Suratwala, Lana L. Wong
  • Patent number: 10239758
    Abstract: A silica sol which has excellent moisture absorption resistance and stability as well as high purity and which does not cause coloring of a solvent or a resin to which the silica sol has been applied. The silica sol contains high-purity silica particles, water and/or a liquid organic medium serving as a dispersion medium, and an organic base compound, the silica particles being dispersed in the dispersion medium, wherein the silica particles satisfy the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) the silica particles have a specific surface area, as determined through a nitrogen absorption method, of 20 to 500 m2/g; (b) the silica particles have a moisture absorption amount per specific surface area thereof of 0.5 mg/m2 or less; and (c) the organic base compound is not substantially contained in the inside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Yoshitake, Naohiko Suemura, Megumi Shimada, Ichitaro Kikunaga
  • Patent number: 10233357
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a polishing composition for a magnetic disc substrate including colloidal silica, a phosphorus-containing compound, a water-soluble polymer compound, and water. According to at least one embodiment, the water-soluble polymer compound is a copolymer having a structural unit derived from an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid and a structural unit derived from an unsaturated amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAGUCHI SEIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Ando
  • Patent number: 10233358
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polishing composition for a magnetic disk substrate, where the polishing composition contains colloidal silica, a water-soluble polymer compound, and water. According to at least one embodiment, the water-soluble polymer compound has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 10,000,000 and a concentration of 0.0001 to 2.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAGUCHI SEIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Ando
  • Patent number: 10227506
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) containing (A) inorganic particles, (B) a compound of general formula (I) below, and (C) an aqueous medium, in which the composition (Q) has a pH of from 2 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Max Siebert, Michael Lauter, Yongqing Lan, Robert Reichardt, Alexandra Muench, Manuel Six, Gerald Daniel, Bastian Marten Noller, Kevin Huang, Sheik Ansar Usman Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 10196542
    Abstract: The polishing agent of the invention comprises water, an abrasive grain containing a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element, and a specific glycerin compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Hisataka Minami, Toshiaki Akutsu, Tomohiro Iwano, Koji Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 10190023
    Abstract: Provided is a silica-based polishing particle which can polish and flatten the surface of a substrate at a sufficient polishing rate with generation of scratches prevented, and successfully prevents generation of particle residues on a substrate after polishing. A silica-based polishing particle with a three-dimensional polycondensation structure containing an alkoxy group, wherein the particle has an average particle diameter (d) of 5 to 300 nm, an aspect ratio of 1.00 or more and 1.20 or less, and a carbon content of 0.005% by mass or more and less than 0.50% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kumazawa, Miki Egami, Hirotada Arakane, Ryo Muraguchi, Toshiharu Hirai
  • Patent number: 10184069
    Abstract: Provided is a silica-based polishing particle, particularly suitable for primary polishing, which provides a high polishing rate on the surface of a substrate and which prevents particle residues on the substrate after polishing, and an abrasive including the silica-based polishing particle. A silica-based polishing particle with a three-dimensional polycondensation structure containing an alkoxy group, wherein the particle has an average particle diameter (d) of 5 to 300 nm, an aspect ratio of more than 1.20 and 5.00 or less, and a carbon content of 0.005% by mass or more and less than 0.50% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kumazawa, Miki Egami, Hirotada Arakane, Ryo Muraguchi, Toshiharu Hirai
  • Patent number: 10144850
    Abstract: Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, methods and systems are for polishing patterned semiconductor wafers. The CMP compositions comprising an abrasive and a water soluble aluminum compound additive with a pH>7 suppress CMP stop layer (a silicon containing layer, such as silicon nitride, silicon oxide, or silicon carbide) removal rate. CMP compositions optionally contain surfactant to help wet surface; a corrosion inhibitor to provide corrosion inhibition on metal lines, vias, or trenches; and a pH adjusting agent that is used to adjust pH of the CMP polishing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Stender, Maitland Gary Graham
  • Patent number: 10131757
    Abstract: The invention concerns methods and compositions for modifying a surface of a material by anchoring a surface modifying additive to a polymer matrix using an anchor molecule, wherein the surface modifying additive and the anchor molecule are both added to a melt phase of the polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: QED Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Arabagatte Ramappa, Gangadhar Jogikalmath
  • Patent number: 10008390
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to an embodiment implants impurities into a central portion of a polishing target film or an outer peripheral portion of the central portion of the polishing target film to cause an impurity concentration in the outer peripheral portion of the polishing target film and an impurity concentration in the central portion thereof to be different from each other, thereby modifying a surface of the polishing target film. The modified surface of the polishing target film is polished by a CMP method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiteru Matsui, Kyoichi Suguro, Akifumi Gawase, Takahiko Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9994739
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing liquid which contains a permanganate, a pH adjustor, and water and which is used for polishing of a SiC substrate. Also provided is a method of polishing a SiC substrate, the method including: a first polishing step of polishing the SiC substrate by use of a first polishing liquid containing a permanganate, inorganic salts having an oxidizing ability, and water; and a second polishing step of performing finishing polishing of the SiC substrate by use of a second polishing liquid containing a permanganate, a pH adjustor, and water after the first polishing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kojima, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9982166
    Abstract: CMP processes, tools and slurries utilize metal oxide-polymer composite particles that include metal oxide particles and a polymer core. The metal oxide particles are modified with a modifying agent and are partially or fully embedded within the polymer core. Using these processes, tools and slurries can enhance removal rates, reduce defectivity and increase cleanability with respect to comparable systems and substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Brian G. Prevo, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Dmitry Fomitchev, Yakov E. Kutsovsky
  • Patent number: 9878420
    Abstract: A CMP method uses a slurry including colloidal metal oxide or colloidal semiconductor oxide particles (colloidal particles) in water. At least one particle feature is selected from (i) the colloidal particles having a polydispersity >30%, and (ii) mixed particle types including the colloidal particles having an average primary size >50 nm mixed with fumed oxide particles having average primary size <25 nm. A substrate having an alumina surface is placed into a CMP apparatus, and CMP is performed with a rotating polishing pad and the slurry to polish the alumina surface. The polydispersity is determined by a polydispersity formula for a distribution width (w) involving width w1 and width w2 at a second larger particle size. The polydispersity formula=(w2?w1)×100/dav which includes 63% of a total of the colloidal particles by volume and day is an average particle size of the colloidal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Sinmat, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Singh, Kannan Balasundaram, Arul Chakkaravarthi Arjunan, Deepika Singh, Wei Bai
  • Patent number: 9879156
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition which can polish a sapphire substrate having a non-polar plane or a semi-polar plane at a high polishing rate. The invention is a polishing composition used in an application to polish a sapphire substrate having a non-polar plane or a semi-polar plane, the polishing composition containing colloidal silica particles and water, in which a value obtained by dividing a specific surface area (unit: m2/g) of the colloidal silica particles by a number average particle diameter (unit: nm) of the colloidal silica particles, that is, (specific surface area/number average particle diameter) is 0.5 or more and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Kazutoshi Hotta, Hiroyasu Sugiyama, Hitoshi Morinaga
  • Patent number: 9868886
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasive agent for substrates that includes, as an abrasive material component in the abrasive agent, cerium oxide as the main component. The abrasive agent for substrates includes soluble silica and cerium oxide. The concentration ratio of the soluble silica, calculated as Si content, and the cerium oxide in the abrasive agent is 0.001:1 to 0.1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hazuki Nakae