Polishes Patents (Class 106/3)
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Patent number: 10844258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Naotaka Ohtake, Manabu Yuasa, Toshihiro Sasaki, Eisaku Suda, Lauriane Dalencon
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Patent number: 10808209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Tze-Lee Phang, Liliana Minevski, Janice Crayton
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Patent number: 10745588Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: FUJIMI INCORPORATED, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Hisanori Tansho, Taiki Ichitsubo, Yoshio Mori
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Patent number: 10730755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Tawarazako, Yoshinori Wakamiya, Shingo Kashiwada, Kazuaki Inoue, Kazuhiro Nakayama, Michio Komatsu
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Patent number: 10703935Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Haruhiko Doi, Koji Kinuta
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Patent number: 10669462Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Eiichi Yamada, Kazusei Tamai
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Patent number: 10570315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Hooi-Sung Kim, Anne Miller
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Patent number: 10562816Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: RUENTEX MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Samuel Yin, Ching Ting Yang, Min-Tsung Wu, Chen-An Lee, Hui Sheng Chiu
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Patent number: 10539036Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Shahram Amini, Christopher W. Strock
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Patent number: 10508220Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Nathaniel D. Urban, Edward E. Abbott, Yue Liu
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Patent number: 10490417Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Thomas Dory, Emil A. Kneer, Tomonori Takahashi
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Patent number: 10441941Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: HOHAI UNIVERSITYInventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Gaiye Li, Huiyang Cao, Xin Zhang, Wenmin Guo, Yuping Wu
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Patent number: 10297461Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Mitsuhito Takahashi
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Patent number: 10287457Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Rebecca Dylia-Spears, Michael Feit, Phillip E. Miller, William A. Steele, Tayyab I. Suratwala, Lana L. Wong
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Patent number: 10239758Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keiko Yoshitake, Naohiko Suemura, Megumi Shimada, Ichitaro Kikunaga
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Patent number: 10233358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: YAMAGUCHI SEIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichiro Ando
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Patent number: 10233357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: YAMAGUCHI SEIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichiro Ando
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Patent number: 10227506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Max Siebert, Michael Lauter, Yongqing Lan, Robert Reichardt, Alexandra Muench, Manuel Six, Gerald Daniel, Bastian Marten Noller, Kevin Huang, Sheik Ansar Usman Ibrahim
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Patent number: 10196542Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTDInventors: Hisataka Minami, Toshiaki Akutsu, Tomohiro Iwano, Koji Fujisaki
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Patent number: 10190023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.Inventors: Mitsuaki Kumazawa, Miki Egami, Hirotada Arakane, Ryo Muraguchi, Toshiharu Hirai
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Patent number: 10184069Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.Inventors: Mitsuaki Kumazawa, Miki Egami, Hirotada Arakane, Ryo Muraguchi, Toshiharu Hirai
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Patent number: 10144850Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Matthias Stender, Maitland Gary Graham
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Patent number: 10131757Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: QED Labs, Inc.Inventors: Deepak Arabagatte Ramappa, Gangadhar Jogikalmath
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Patent number: 10008390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Yukiteru Matsui, Kyoichi Suguro, Akifumi Gawase, Takahiko Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9994739Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyoshi Kojima, Takeshi Sato
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Patent number: 9982166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Cabot CorporationInventors: Brian G. Prevo, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Dmitry Fomitchev, Yakov E. Kutsovsky
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Patent number: 9879156Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Jun Ito, Kazutoshi Hotta, Hiroyasu Sugiyama, Hitoshi Morinaga
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Patent number: 9878420Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignees: Sinmat, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Rajiv K. Singh, Kannan Balasundaram, Arul Chakkaravarthi Arjunan, Deepika Singh, Wei Bai
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Patent number: 9868886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Hazuki Nakae
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Patent number: 9862862Abstract: Described is a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition comprising the following components: (A) surface modified silica particles having a negative zeta potential of ?15 mV or below at a pH in the range of from 2 to 6 (B) one or more polyethylene imines (C) water (D) optionally one or more further constituents, wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of from 2 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Yongqing Lan, Peter Przybylski, Zhenyu Bao, Julian Proelss
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Patent number: 9845538Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide: an etching agent for a titanium-based metal on a semiconductor substrate, which suppresses decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, has a long liquid service life, and has less need for controlling the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the etching agent, even in the cases where the etching agent is used for a semiconductor substrate having the titanium-based metal and a metallic copper or a metal alloy; an etching method; and an etching agent preparation liquid for use by mixing with hydrogen peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yokomizo, Hiroyuki Tsurumoto, Masahiko Kakizawa
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Patent number: 9837283Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition which exhibits favorable storage stability and polishes a polishing object poor in chemical reactivity at a high speed. The invention is a polishing composition which contains silica having an organic acid immobilized on a surface thereof, a dihydric alcohol having a molecular weight of less than 20,000 and a pH adjusting agent, the polishing composition having a pH of 6 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Shuugo Yokota, Koichi Sakabe
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Patent number: 9796882Abstract: Described are compositions useful in methods for chemical-mechanical processing a surface of a substrate, especially a substrate that contains dielectric material, wherein the composition contains cyclodextrin and an alkylamine.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Alexander W. Hains, Tina Li
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Patent number: 9783702Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions having a pH ranging from 2.5 to 5.3 and comprising a mixture of spherical colloidal silica particles and from 30 to 99 wt. %, based on the total weight of silica solids in the aqueous CMP polishing composition, of elongated, bent or nodular silica particles wherein the colloidal and elongated, bent or nodular silica particles differ from each other in weight average particle size (CPS) less than 20 nm, wherein at least one of the spherical colloidal silica particles and the elongated, bent or nodular silica particles contains one or more cationic nitrogen atoms. The present invention further provides methods of using the compositions in high downforce CMP polishing applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings Inc.Inventors: Yi Guo, David Mosley, Matthew Van Hanehem
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Patent number: 9708508Abstract: A composition and a method for chemical mechanical polishing. The composition includes a surfactant anion an alkyl alcohol and a diluent. The composition further includes abrasive particles and an oxidizer. The method includes providing the composition on a surface to be polished and polishing the surface by contacting the surface with a polishing pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Graham M. Bates, Michael T. Brigham, Joseph K. Comeau, Jason P. Ritter, Matthew T. Tiersch, Eva A. Shah, Eric J. White
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Patent number: 9701878Abstract: Technique to provide an abrasive regeneration method which, from a used abrasive slurry, can recover an abrasive by an efficient method and can thereafter obtain a high-purity regenerated abrasive by a simple method. This abrasive regeneration method uses an abrasive comprising at least one type of abrasive selected from diamond, boron nitride, silicon carbide, alumina, alumina zirconia and zirconium oxide. The abrasive regeneration involves a slurry recovery step (A) for recovering an abrasive slurry discharged from a polishing machine, a separation and concentration step (B) for adding an alkaline earth metal salt as an inorganic salt to the recovered abrasive slurry to aggregate the abrasive, and separating and concentrating the abrasive from a mother liquor, and an abrasive recovery step (C) for recovering the separated and concentrated abrasive.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa, Atsushi Takahashi
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Patent number: 9663683Abstract: An optionally VOC-free silicone containing furniture polish is prepared using one or both of 1) a low viscosity silicone fluid and 2) a polydiorganosiloxane; and 3) a phosphonic acid dispersant together with water and one or more suitable surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Polzin, Rahul Saxena, Lynn M. Werkowski
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Patent number: 9616542Abstract: A rough surface of a starting synthetic quartz glass substrate is polished to a mirror finish, using a polishing slurry containing tetragonal or cubic zirconia.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouhei Hasegawa, Harunobu Matsui, Daijitsu Harada, Masaki Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9576818Abstract: Provided herein are polishing compositions for removal of Co, for example, selectively over Cu, and methods of their use. A polishing composition comprising an abrasive and one or more Co complexors, where the polishing composition has a pH of 9 or more, and the Co complexor comprises one or more of functional groups selected from phosphonic acid (—P(?O)(OH)2) group or carboxyl (—C(?O)OH) group.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Anne Miller, Jimmy Granstrom
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Patent number: 9559021Abstract: A wafer polishing process includes polishing a central area on the back side of a wafer, polishing a peripheral area on the back side of the wafer, buffing the central area, and buffing the peripheral area. The process can significantly reduce scratch-related wafer breakage, can correct focus spots on wafers, and can replace cleaning processes that use chemical etchants. Polishing and buffing can include polishing and buffing the bevel region. Further improvements include polishing with abrasive pads having a soft backing, polishing or buffing with pads having relatively soft abrasive particles, polishing or buffing with abrasive pads made from abrasive particles that have been sorted and selected for regularity of shape, irrigating the surface being polished or buffed with an aqueous solution that includes a friction-reducing agent, and buffing with abrasive pads having 20k or finer grit or non-abrasive pads.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shen-Nan Lee, Teng-Chun Tsai, Hsin-Hsien Lu, Chang-Sheng Lin, Kuo-Cheng Lien, Kuo-Yin Lin, Wen-Kuei Liu, Yu-Wei Chou
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Patent number: 9493677Abstract: Provided are a polishing composition for chemical mechanical polishing, a method of preparing the polishing composition, and a chemical mechanical polishing method using the polishing composition. The polishing composition which is a water-based polishing composition for planarizing a metal compound thin film including two or more metal elements includes nano-diamond particles as a polishing material and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) as a dispersion stabilizer for the nano-diamond particles in the polishing composition. Since the nano-diamond particles in the polishing composition have hydrophobic surfaces and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) effectively stabilizes the nano-diamond particles to prevent the nano-diamond particles from aggregating, excellent polishing characteristics for the metal compound thin film may be obtained due to the nano-diamond particles which have a nano size, high hardness, and excellent dispersibility.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATIONInventors: Dae Soon Lim, Il Ho Yang, Seung Koo Lee, Dong Hee Shin, Dong Hyeon Lee, Yang Bok Lee
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Patent number: 9422454Abstract: A polishing composition of the present invention contains a water-soluble polymer and abrasive grains. The water-soluble polymer is an anionic compound having an acid dissociation constant pKa of 3 or less. Specific examples of such a compound include polyvinylsulfonic acid, polystyrenesulfonic acid, polyallylsulfonic acid, polyethyl acrylate sulfonic acid, polybutyl acrylate sulfonic acid, poly(2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid), and polyisoprenesulfonic acid. The abrasive grains exhibit a negative zeta potential at a pH of 3.5 or less. Specific examples of such abrasive grains include colloidal silica.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Yasuyuki Yamato, Tomohiko Akatsuka
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Patent number: 9358196Abstract: A sprayable depilatory composition including a depilatory agent; a surfactant present in the range 0.1% to 5.0% by weight of the composition, wherein the composition has an initial viscosity substantially less than about 7.00 Pas.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (UK) LIMITEDInventor: Lee Cawthorne
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Patent number: 9334573Abstract: The silver surface treatment agent of the present invention contains a layered silicate compound. The light-emitting device of the present invention comprises a substrate having a silver-plated layer; a light-emitting diode mounted on the substrate; and a film, provided on a surface of the silver-plated layer, containing a layered silicate compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Higashiuchi, Nobuaki Takane, Masashi Yamaura, Maki Inada, Hiroshi Yokota, Kazuyuki Kamo
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Patent number: 9309442Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate having a tungsten layer includes a water based liquid carrier and colloidal silica abrasive particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The colloidal silica abrasive particles have a permanent positive charge of at least 6 mV. About 30 percent or more of the colloidal silica abrasive particles include three or more aggregated primary particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Lin Fu, Jeffrey Dysard, Steven Grumbine
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Patent number: 9254455Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a filter structure. A second porous film having a plurality of second holes is disposed on a first porous film having a plurality of first holes. The second holes are smaller than the first holes. The filter structure is dried by an easy and power-saving method such as compression.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ming-Der Bai, Te-Chang Lan, Kuo-Ti Chen, Hom-Ti Lee, Yun-Huin Lin
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Patent number: 9180632Abstract: An advanced reflexive structure system is disclosed. The reflexive system mimics the pain withdrawal reflex on which the human body relies. The reflexive system incorporates a continuous health and performance monitoring system via an embedded dielectric film, an adaptive composite structure based on shape memory composite material, and an intelligence system which will be interfaced with both the health/performance sensors and the adaptive structure. When activated shape memory polymer will recover its structural integrity via shape recovery and a reptation healing process. These features enable the use of SMP as an adaptive structure in the proposed reflexive system. The development of a reflexive system for structures will enable increased safety and security and demonstrate a better understanding of integrated performance systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Douglas Hemmelgarn, Thomas Wood Margraf, David Ernest Havens, John Lewis Reed, Logan Wayne Snyder, Anthony Louderbough, Benjamin Allen Dietsch
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Patent number: 9022834Abstract: The polishing solution for CMP according to the invention comprises abrasive grains, an additive and water, and the polishing solution comprises an organic compound satisfying specified conditions as the additive. The polishing method of the invention is for polishing of a substrate having a silicon oxide film on the surface, and the polishing method comprises a step of polishing the silicon oxide film with a polishing pad while supplying the polishing solution for CMP between the silicon oxide film and the polishing pad.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Satou, Munehiro Oota, Kanshi Chinone, Shigeru Nobe, Kazuhiro Enomoto, Tadahiro Kimura, Masato Fukasawa, Masanobu Habiro, Yousuke Hoshi
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Patent number: 8911541Abstract: The present invention is the aqueous floor polishing composition which contains the polyoxyalkylene diester compound represented by the following general formula (1) and does not contain the phosphorus-containing plasticizer. R1 and R2 represent each independently alkyl groups having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, m represents an integer from 2 to 4, n represents a number from 2 to 40. The aqueous floor polishing composition of the present invention does not contain the phosphorus-containing plasticizer. Therefore, it does not affect the environment negatively, in spite of having excellent leveling properties, lustering properties and heel mark resistance properties.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Yuji Yamazaki, Masashi Harada
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Patent number: 8834589Abstract: A polishing composition for a magnetic disk substrate of the present invention includes water, silica particles, and at least one or more selected from an acid, a salt of the acid, and an oxidizing agent. The silica particles are observed with a transmission electron microscope to measure a maximum diameter and a projected area of each particle, and a value obtained by dividing the area of a circle whose diameter is the maximum diameter of a silica particle by the projected area of the silica particle and multiplying the result by 100, is in the range of 100 to 130.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Oshima, Norihito Yamaguchi, Haruhiko Doi