Etching Or Brightening Compositions Patents (Class 252/79.1)
  • Patent number: 8328892
    Abstract: A solution for forming a polishing slurry, the polishing slurry and related methods are disclosed. The solution for forming a polishing slurry may include 1 H-benzotriazole (BTA) dissolved in an ionic surfactant such as a sodium alkyl sulfate solution, and perhaps a polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution. The solution can be filtered and used in a polishing slurry. This approach to solubilizing BTA results in a high BTA concentration in a polishing slurry without addition of foreign components to the slurry or increased safety hazard. In addition, the solution is easier to ship because it is very stable (e.g., can be frozen and thawed) and has less volume compared to conventional approaches. Further, the polishing slurry performance is vastly improved due to the removal of particles that can cause scratching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph K. V. Comeau, Marina M. Katsnelson, Matthew T. Tiersch, Eric J. White
  • Publication number: 20120309853
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds having an aldohexose moiety, a highly fluorinated moiety, and a nitrogen-containing functional group linking the moieties together are disclosed. The aldohexose-based fluoroadditives are effective in reducing the surface tension of water and are useful in various surfactant applications. Also disclosed are processes for making aldohexose-based fluoroadditives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ANILKUMAR RAGHAVANPILLAI, Stefan Reinartz
  • Publication number: 20120309854
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds having an aldohexose moiety, a highly fluorinated moiety, and a nitrogen-containing functional group linking the moieties together are disclosed. The aldohexose-based fluoroadditives are effective in reducing the surface tension of water and are useful in various surfactant applications. Also disclosed are processes for making aldohexose-based fluoroadditives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ANILKUMAR RAGHAVANPILLAI, Stefan Reinartz
  • Patent number: 8323604
    Abstract: A cerium salt wherein, when 20 g of the cerium salt is dissolved in a mixed liquid of 12.5 g of 6N nitric acid and 12.5 g of a 30% hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, a concentration of an insoluble component present in the solution is 5 ppm or less by mass ratio to the cerium salt before dissolution and cerium oxide produced by processing the cerium salt at high temperatures. Scratch on a surface to be polished can be reduced when a cerium based polishing slurry containing the cerium oxide particles is used, since an amount of impurities in cerium oxide particles and cerium salt particles, raw material thereof, is reduced for high purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanshi Chinone, Seiji Miyaoka
  • Publication number: 20120298911
    Abstract: A dry etching agent according to the present invention contains (A) a fluorinated propyne represented by the chemical formula: CF3CCX where X is H, F, Cl, Br, I, CH3, CFH2 or CF2H; and either of: (B) at least one kind of gas selected from the group consisting of O2, O3, CO, CO2, COCl2 and COF2; (C) at least one kind of gas selected from the group consisting of F2, NF3, Cl2, Br2, I2 and YFn where Y is Cl, Br or I; and n is an integer of 1 to 5; and (D) at least one kind of gas selected from the group consisting of CF4, CHF3, C2F6, C2F5H, C2F4H2, C3F8, C3F4H2, C3ClF3H and C4F8. This dry etching agent has a small environmental load and a wide process window and can be applied for high-aspect-ratio processing without special operations such as substrate excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasuo Hibino, Tomonori Umezaki, Akiou Kikuchi, Isamu Mori, Satoru Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20120301351
    Abstract: A high etch cleaner for aluminum and aluminum alloy substrates that leads to enhanced corrosion protective performance of a variety of anti-corrosion pretreatments. The cleaner comprises low levels of silicate of from 0 to 250 ppm, 50 to 500 ppm of at least one chelator, and has a pH of from 11.0 to 13.5. The cleaner may be used to etch from 0.5 to 4.0 grams per meter squared from substrates. Substrates treated with the cleaner and then coated with a variety of anti-corrosion pretreatments and outer coatings show enhanced corrosion resistance compared to substrates cleaned with standard cleaners that have low etch rates, high silicate levels and no chelating agents followed by anti-corrosion pretreatments and outer coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AF & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Edis KAPIC, Michael L. SIENKOWSKI, Bruce H. GOODREAU, Sophie CORNEN
  • Publication number: 20120299158
    Abstract: The CMP polishing liquid of the invention is used by mixing a first solution and a second solution, the first solution comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant and water, the second solution comprises a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, the pH of the second solution is 6.5 or higher, and the first solution and second solution are mixed so that the phosphoric acid compound content is within a prescribed range. The CMP polishing liquid of the invention comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant, a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, with the phosphoric acid compound content being within a prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shinoda, Kazuhiro Enomoto, Toshiaki Akutsu
  • Patent number: 8318042
    Abstract: Chemical polishing solutions and methods are disclosed for the chemical polishing of GaAs wafers. An exemplary chemical polishing solution consistent with the innovations herein may comprise dichloroisocyanurate, sulfonate, acid pyrophosphate, bicarbonate and carbonate. An exemplary chemical polishing method may comprise polishing a wafer in a chemical polishing apparatus in the presence of such a chemical polishing solution. Chemical polishing solutions and methods herein make it possible, for example, to improve wafer quality, decrease costs, and/or reduce environmental pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: AXT Inc.
    Inventors: Tan Kaixie, Gu Yan, Wang Yuanli
  • Publication number: 20120292201
    Abstract: The invention provides a stripping gold component which could remove gold from substrate, comprising: a stripping gold chemical compound; and a assistant conductive compound wherein said stripping gold chemical compound bonds with gold to form covalent bond to strip gold from said substrate, said assistant conductive chemical compound helps the electric conduction and decreases the voltage, said substrate would not be damaged after stripping gold from said substrate, and the stripping gold component is cyanide free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: UWIN NANOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120295443
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition used for polishing a semiconductor wafer surface having a step in order to planarize the wafer surface and thereby reclaiming the semiconductor wafer. The polishing composition contains at least a step eliminating agent, which is adsorbed to the surface of the semiconductor wafer and acts to prevent etching of bottom portion of the step on the wafer surface during polishing. The step eliminating agent is, for example, a water-soluble polymer or a surfactant, and more specifically, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a polyethylene glycol, a cellulose, a carboxylic acid surfactant, a sulfonic acid surfactant, a phosphate ester surfactant, or an oxyalkylene polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Hitoshi Morinaga, Maiko Asai
  • Publication number: 20120292559
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods that are useful in etching a metal surface. In particular, the invention relates to novel acid compositions and methods of using such compositions in etching a metal surface, preferably an aluminum surface prior to anodizing to dissolve impurities, imperfections, scale, and oxide. The compositions are effective in maintaining their etching capacity and in removing smut produced by the etching of a surface as well as in general cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Houghton Technical Corp.
    Inventor: Mores Basaly
  • Patent number: 8314030
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device through a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process is provided. The CMP process is performed by using a slurry. The semiconductor device fabrication method can ensure the reliability and economical efficiency of the device by performing a CMP process using a CMP slurry having a high polishing selectivity with respect to a target surface, an anti-scratch characteristic, and a high global planarization characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jum-Yong Park, Noh-Jung Kwak, Yong-Soo Choi, Cheol-Hwi Ryu
  • Patent number: 8314028
    Abstract: In a slurry composition and a method of polishing a layer using the slurry composition, the slurry composition includes from about 3 to 20 percent by weight of an abrasive, from about 0.1 to 3 percent by weight of an ionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to 0.1 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to 1 percent by weight of a polish accelerating agent including an amino acid compound, and a remainder of an aqueous solution including a basic pH-controlling agent and water. The slurry composition including the nonionic surfactant and the polish accelerating agent may be used for speedily polishing a stepped upper portion of a silicon oxide layer, and may also enable a lower portion of the silicon oxide layer to function as a polish stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Sik Hong, Dong-Jun Lee, Nam-Soo Kim, Kyoung-Moon Kang
  • Patent number: 8308972
    Abstract: The invention relates to an additive for polishing composition, which can ensure stable polishing properties. The additive for polishing composition contains one or more amine compounds and an alcohol. The one or more amine compounds contain a quaternary ammonium salt. When the one or more amine compounds are contained in high concentration, the occurrence of precipitation of the amine compound can be prevented by including the alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nitta Haas Incorporated
    Inventors: Masashi Teramoto, Ryoko Higashigaki, Hiroshi Makino
  • Publication number: 20120280170
    Abstract: The invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions and methods for polishing a silicon-containing substrate. A method of the invention comprises the steps of contacting a silicon-containing substrate with a polishing pad and an aqueous CMP composition, and causing relative motion between the polishing pad and the substrate while maintaining a portion of the CMP composition in contact with the surface of the substrate to abrade at least a portion of the substrate. The CMP composition comprises a ceria abrasive, a polishing additive bearing a functional group with a pKa of about 4 to about 9, a nonionic surfactant with an hydrophilic portion and a lipophilic portion wherein the hydrophilic portion has a number average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol or higher, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the pH of the composition is 7 or less. The method reduces defects on the wafers, particularly local areas of high removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco DE REGE THESAURO, Zhan CHEN
  • Patent number: 8303839
    Abstract: Semiconductor processing compositions for use with silicon wafers having an insulating layers and metallization layers on the wafers comprising water and one or more Troika acids which is also referred to as ?,?-disubstituted trifunctional oximes or ?-(Hydroxyimino) Phosphonoacetic acids, their salts, and their derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventor: Wai Mun Lee
  • Patent number: 8304346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing composition used in a step of polishing until a barrier layer adjacent to a copper layer is exposed, in a pattern formation of polishing the copper layer provided on an insulating layer through the barrier layer thereby alternately forming a copper embedded wiring and the insulating layer, the polishing composition including: an alicyclic resin acid; a colloidal silica in which a content thereof in the polishing composition is from 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, an average primary particle size thereof is from 10 to 40 nm, an average secondary particle size thereof is from 30 to 80 nm, and (the average secondary particle size×the content) is in a range of from 10 to 40; and tetramethylammonium ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Iori Yoshida, Hiroyuki Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20120273715
    Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising alpha alumina, fumed alumina, silica, an oxidizing agent that oxidizes nickel-phosphorous, oxalic acid, optionally, tartaric acid, optionally, a nonionic surfactant, optionally, a biocide, and water. The invention also provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate comprising contacting a substrate with a polishing pad and the chemical-mechanical polishing composition, moving the polishing pad and the polishing composition relative to the substrate, and abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Selvaraj PALANISAMY CHINNATHAMBI, Haresh SIRIWARDANE
  • Publication number: 20120273454
    Abstract: An etching liquid for a conductive polymer is disclosed which comprises greater than 0.5 wt % but no greater than 30 wt % of (NH4)4Ce(S04)4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., TSURUMI SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi IHARA, Takahiro Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8298437
    Abstract: An alkali etching liquid for a silicon wafer that includes an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, and from 0.1 g/L to 0.5 g/L of diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid. Furthermore, the Fe concentration of the aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide is no more than 50 ppb. An etching method that including a step of etching a silicon wafer with a resistivity of no more than 1 ?·cm using the etching liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sumco Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Nakashima, Makoto Takemura, Yasuyuki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120270396
    Abstract: Disclosed are an etchant which is used for the manufacture of a semiconductor device using a semiconductor substrate having an electrode and which is capable of selectively etching copper without etching nickel, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. Specifically disclosed are an etchant to be used for the manufacture of a semiconductor device using a semiconductor substrate having an electrode, including hydrogen peroxide, an organic acid, and an organic phosphonic acid, wherein the organic acid is at least one member selected from citric acid and malic acid; a content of hydrogen peroxide is from 0.75 to 12% by mass; a content of the organic acid is from 0.75 to 25% by mass; and a content of the organic phosphonic acid is from 0.0005 to 1% by mass, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the etchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical
    Inventor: Akira Hosomi
  • Publication number: 20120270400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry for chemical mechanical polishing comprising water-soluble clathrate compound (a), polymer compound (b) having an acidic group optionally in a salt form as a side chain, polishing abrasive grain (c) and water (d), wherein the content of the water-soluble clathrate compound (a) is 0.001 mass %-3 mass % of the total amount of the slurry, the polymer compound (b) has a weight average molecular weight of not less than 1,000 and less than 1,000,000, and the content of the polymer compound (b) is 0.12 mass %-3 mass % of the total amount of the slurry, and a polishing method for substrate using the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minori Takegoshi, Mitsuru Kato, Chihiro Okamoto, Shinya Kato
  • Publication number: 20120267627
    Abstract: An aqueous acidic composition which includes alkaline compounds, fluoride ions and oxidizing agents is provided for texturing polycrystalline semiconductors. Methods for texturing are also disclosed. The textured polycrystalline semiconductors have reduced reflectance of light incidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. BARR, Corey OCONNOR
  • Publication number: 20120270399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a CMP slurry composition comprising an abrasive particle; a dispersant; an ionic polymer additive; and a non-ionic polymer additive including a polyolefin-polyethylene glycol copolymer including at least two polyethylene glycol repeat unit as a backbone and at least a polyethylene glycol repeating unit as a side chain, and a polishing method with using the slurry composition. The CMP slurry composition shows a low polishing rate to a single-crystalline silicon layer or a polysilicon layer and a high polishing rate to a silicon oxide layer, resulting in having an excellent polishing selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Mok Shin, Eun-Mi Choi, Seung-Beom Cho
  • Publication number: 20120270401
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing slurry for polishing a copper layer without excessively or destructively polishing a barrier layer beneath the copper layer is disclosed and includes an acid, a surfactant, and a silica sol having silica polishing particles that are surface modified with a surface charge modifier and that have potassium ions attached thereto. A method for preparing the chemical mechanical polishing slurry and a chemical mechanical polishing method using the chemical mechanical polishing slurry are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Hui-Fang HOU, Wen Cheng LIU, Yen-Liang CHEN, Jui-Ching CHEN
  • Patent number: 8293694
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer cleaning formulation, including 1-35% wt. fluoride source, 20-60% wt. organic amine(s), 0.1-40% wt. nitrogenous component, e.g., a nitrogen-containing carboxylic acid or an imine, 20-50% wt. water, and 0-21% wt. metal chelating agent(s). The formulations are useful to remove residue from wafers following a resist plasma ashing step, such as inorganic residue from semiconductor wafers containing delicate copper interconnecting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Wojtczak, Ma. Fatimo Seijo, David Bernhard, Long Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8293123
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead, in which a solvent included in a positive photoresist composition or in a non-photosensitive soluble polymer composition which is used to form a sacrificial layer has a different polarity from that of a solvent included in a negative photoresist composition that is used to form at least one of a channel forming layer and a nozzle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-jin Park, Su-min Kim, Jin-baek Kim, Yong-ung Ha, Yong-seop Yoon, Byung-ha Park
  • Publication number: 20120264304
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acidic aqueous polishing composition suitable for polishing a silicon nitride-containing substrate in a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The composition, at point of use, comprises about 0.01 to about 2 percent by weight of a particulate calcined ceria abrasive, about 10 to about 1000 ppm of at least one cationic polymer, optionally, about 10 to about 2000 ppm of a polyoxyalkylene polymer; and an aqueous carrier therefor. The at least one cationic polymer is selected from a poly(vinylpyridine) polymer and a combination of a poly(vinylpyridine) polymer and a quaternary ammonium-substituted polymer. Methods of polishing substrates and of selectively removing silicon nitride from a substrate in preference to removal of polysilicon using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: William WARD
  • Publication number: 20120261608
    Abstract: Disclosed are an etchant which is used for redistribution of a semiconductor substrate having an electrode and which is capable of selectively etching copper without etching nickel; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. Specifically disclosed are an etchant which is used for redistribution of a semiconductor substrate and which contains hydrogen peroxide and citric acid and has a content of hydrogen peroxide of from 0.75 to 12% by mass and a content of citric acid of from 1 to 20% by mass, with a molar ratio of hydrogen peroxide and citric acid being in the range of from 0.3 to 5; an etchant for selective etching of copper which is used for redistribution of a semiconductor substrate and which contains hydrogen peroxide and malic acid and has a content of hydrogen peroxide of from 0.75 to 12% by mass and a content of malic acid of from 1.5 to 25% by mass, with a molar ratio of hydrogen peroxide and malic acid being in the range of from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Hosomi, Kensuke Ohmae
  • Publication number: 20120264303
    Abstract: A metal polishing slurry includes a chemical solution and abrasives characterized by a bimodal or other multimodal distribution of particle sizes or a prevalence of two or more particle sizes or ranges of particle sizes. A method and system for using the slurry in a CMP polishing operation, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei-Wei CHEN, Kuo-Hsiu WEI, Shih-Chieh CHANG, Ying-Lang WANG
  • Patent number: 8288282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal-polishing liquid comprising: a metal-oxide-dissolving agent; a metal-oxidizing agent; a metal anticorrosive; a water-soluble polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 8,000 or higher and having an anionic functional group and a nonionic functional group; and water, and having a pH within the range of 2.5 or higher but 5.0 or less. The metal-polishing liquid is effective in reducing the frictional force in polishing which generates during CMP. And is highly effective in flattening the surface of a work to be polished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nomura, Masato Fukasawa, Hiroshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20120258598
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; 0.1 to 20 wt % abrasive having an average particle size of 5 to 50 nm; and, 0.001 to 1 wt % of an adamantyl substance according to formula (II): wherein A is selected from N and P; wherein each R8 is independently selected from hydrogen, a saturated or unsaturated C1-15 alkyl group, C6-15 aryl group, C6-15 aralkyl group, C6-15 alkaryl group; and, wherein the anion in formula (II) can be any anion that balances the positive charge on the cation in formula (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Guo, Zhendong Liu, Kancharla-Arun Kumar Reddy, Guangyun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120256122
    Abstract: A composition for etching of a ruthenium-based metal, in which there are added and mixed at least a bromine-containing compound, an oxidizing agent, a basic compound and water, wherein the amount of bromine-containing compound added is 2-25 mass %, as bromine, and the amount of oxidizing agent added is 0.1-12 mass %, with respect to the total mass, and the pH is at least 10 and less than 12. It is possible to accomplish efficient etching of ruthenium-based metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K. K.
    Inventors: Fuyuki Sato, Yasuo Saito
  • Publication number: 20120255929
    Abstract: The present invention provides an etching solution composition for etching crystalline transparent conductive films which enables etching of a crystalline ITO film without damaging copper and/or copper alloy used in electrode materials. Etching solution compositions for etching crystalline transparent conductive films described herein consist of an aqueous solution that comprises 1-10 wt % of a fluorine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Yamaguchi, Norio Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120255651
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of altering the surface behavior of a liquid by adding to the liquid a compound of a Formula (1): Rf—O—(CF2)x(CH2)y—O-(QO)z—H ??(1) Wherein Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one to three ether oxygen atoms, x is an integer of 1 to 6; y is an integer of 1 to 6; Q is a linear 1,2-alkylene group of the formula CmH2m where m is an integer of 2 to 10; and z is an integer of 1 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: CHERYL LYNN IACONELLI, Kenneth Gene Moloy, Sheng Peng, Sourav Kumar Sengupta
  • Patent number: 8277681
    Abstract: A metal polishing slurry which is capable of simultaneously realizing a high polishing speed and reduced dishing in the polishing of a subject to be polished is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inada, Masaru Yoshikawa, Tadashi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20120235081
    Abstract: A process for removing a bulk material layer from a substrate and planarizing the exposed surface by CMP by (1) providing an CMP agent exhibiting at the end of the chemical mechanical polishing, without the addition of supplementary materials, the same SER as at its start and a lower MRR than at its start,—an SER which is lower than the initial SER and an MRR which is the same or essentially the same as the initial MRR or a lower SER and a lower MRR than at its start; (2) contacting the surface of the bulk material layer with the CMP agent; (3) the CMP of the bulk material layer with the CMP agent; and (4) continuing the CMP until all material residuals are removed from the exposed surface; and a CMP agent and their use for manufacturing electrical and optical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Vijay Immanuel Raman, Sophia Ebert, Mario Brands, Yongqing Lan, Philipp Zacharias, Ilshat Gubaydullin, Yuzhuo Li
  • Publication number: 20120231627
    Abstract: An aqueous chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) agent (A) comprising solid particles (a1) containing (a11) a corrosion inhibitor for metals, and (a12) a solid material, the said solid particles (a1) being finely dispersed in the aqueous phase; and its use in a process for removing a bulk material layer from the surface of a substrate and planarizing the exposed surface by chemical mechanical polishing until all material residuals are removed from the exposed surface, wherein the CMP agent exhibits at the end of the chemical mechanical polishing, without the addition of supplementary materials, —the same or essentially the same static etch rate (SER) as at its start and a lower material removal rate (MRR) than at its start, —a lower SER than at its start and the same or essentially the same MRR as at its start or—a lower SER and a lower MRR than at its start; such that the CMP agent exhibits a soft landing behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Vijay Immanuel Raman, Yuzhuo Li, Mario Brands, Yongqing Lan, Kenneth Rushing, Karpagavalli Ramji
  • Publication number: 20120231632
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an etching composition containing at least one sulfonic acid, at least one compound containing a halide anion, the halide being chloride or bromide, at least one compound containing a nitrate or nitrosyl ion, and water. The at least one sulfonic acid can be from about 25% by weight to about 95% by weight of the composition. The halide anion can be chloride or bromide, and can be from about 0.01% by weight to about 0.5% by weight of the composition. The nitrate or nitrosyl ion can be from about 0.1% by weight to about 20% by weight of the composition. The water can be at least about 3% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonori Takahashi, Tadashi Inaba, Atsushi Mizutani, Bing Du, William A. Wojtczak, Kazutaka Takahashi, Tetsuya Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20120231630
    Abstract: Disclosed is an etching gas provided containing CHF2COF. The etching gas may contain, as an additive, at least one kind of gas selected from O2, O3, CO, CO2, F2, NF3, Cl2, Br2, I2, XFn (In this formula, X represents Cl, I or Br. n represents an integer satisfying 1?n?7.), CH4, CH3F, CH2F2, CHF3, N2, He, Ar, Ne, Kr and the like, from CH4, C2H2,C2H4,C2H6, C3H4, C3H6, C3H5, HI, HBr, HCl, CO, NO, NH3, H2 and the like, or from CH4, CH3F, CH2F2 and CHF3. This etching gas is not only excellent in etching performances such as the selection ratio to a resist and the patterning profile but also easily available and does not substantially by-produce CF4 that places a burden on the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoto Takada, Isamu Mori
  • Patent number: 8262928
    Abstract: An etchant includes about 0.1 percent by weight to about 30 percent by weight of ammonium persulfate (NH4)2S2O8, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of an inorganic acid, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of an acetate salt, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 5 percent by weight of a fluorine-containing compound, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 5 percent by weight of a sulfonic acid compound, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 2 percent by weight of an azole compound, and a remainder of water. Accordingly, the etchant may have high stability to maintain etching ability. Thus, manufacturing margins may be improved so that manufacturing costs may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Kyun Kim, Jong-Hyun Choung, Byeong-Jin Lee, Sun-Young Hong, Hong-Sick Park, Shi-Yul Kim, Ki-Beom Lee, Sam-Young Cho, Sang-Woo Kim, Hyun-Cheol Shin, Won-Guk Seo
  • Publication number: 20120225555
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition useful for chemical mechanical polishing a semiconductor wafer containing an interconnect metal is provided, comprising, as initial components: water; an azole inhibitor; an alkali metal organic surfactant; a hydrotrope; a phosphorus containing agent; a water soluble cellulose; optionally, a non-saccharide water soluble polymer; optionally, a water soluble acid compound of formula I, wherein R is selected from a hydrogen and a C1-5 alkyl group, and wherein x is 1 or 2; optionally, a complexing agent; optionally, an oxidizer; optionally, an organic solvent; and, optionally, an abrasive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Lakrout, Jinjie Shi, Joseph Letizia, Xu Li, Thomas H. Kalantar, Francis Kelley, J. Keith Harris, Christopher J. Tucker
  • Publication number: 20120225556
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition useful for chemical mechanical polishing a semiconductor wafer containing an interconnect metal is provided, comprising, as initial components: water; an azole inhibitor; an alkali metal organic surfactant; a hydrotrope; a phosphorus containing agent; optionally, a non-saccharide water soluble polymer; optionally, a water soluble acid compound of formula I, wherein R is selected from a hydrogen and a C1-5 alkyl group, and wherein x is 1 or 2; optionally, a complexing agent; optionally, an oxidizer; optionally, an organic solvent; and, optionally, an abrasive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Lakrout, Jinjie Shi, Joseph Letizia, Xu Li, Thomas H. Kalantar, Francis Kelley, J. Keith Harris, Christopher J. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8257609
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an etchant for etching at least two different metal layers, the etchant comprising hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and one of carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, and acetyl group (CH3CO—). The present invention also discloses a method of fabricating a metal wiring on a substrate, the method comprising forming a first metal layer on a substrate, forming a second metal layer on the first metal layer, and simultaneously etching the first metal layer and the second metal layer with an etchant comprising hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and one of carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, and acetyl group (CH3CO—).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee Sung Chae, Gyoo Chul Jo, Yong Sup Hwang
  • Patent number: 8252688
    Abstract: A composition and associated method for chemical mechanical planarization of a metal-containing substrate (e.g., a copper substrate) are described herein which afford high and tunable rates of metal removal as well as low dishing and erosion levels during CMP processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaobo Shi, Bentley J. Palmer, Rebecca A. Sawayda
  • Patent number: 8252687
    Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate. The polishing composition comprises silica, a compound selected from the group consisting of an amine-substituted silane, a tetraalkylammonium salt, a tetraalkylphosphonium salt, and an imidazolium salt, a carboxylic acid having seven or more carbon atoms, an oxidizing agent that oxidizes a metal, and water. The invention further provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate with the aforementioned polishing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shoutian Li, Steven Grumbine, Jeffrey Dysard, Pankaj Singh
  • Publication number: 20120214307
    Abstract: The first embodiment of the CMP polishing liquid of the invention comprises cerium oxide particles, an organic compound with an acetylene bond, and water, the content of the organic compound with an acetylene bond being at least 0.00001 mass % and not greater than 0.01 mass % based on the total mass of the CMP polishing liquid. The second embodiment of the CMP polishing liquid of the invention comprises cerium oxide particles, an organic compound with an acetylene bond, an anionic polymer compound or salt thereof, and water, the anionic polymer compound being obtained by polymerizing a composition comprising a vinyl compound with an anionic substituent as a monomer component, the content of the organic compound with an acetylene bond being at least 0.000001 mass % and less than 0.05 mass % based on the total mass of the CMP polishing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Akutsu, Masato Fukusawa
  • Publication number: 20120208344
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition, comprising (A) at least one type of inorganic particles which are dispersed in the liquid medium (C), (B) at least one type of polymer particles which are dispersed in the liquid medium (C), (C) a liquid medium, wherein the zeta-potential of the inorganic particles (A) in the liquid medium (C) and the zeta-potential of the polymer particles in the liquid medium (C) are of same signs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Lauter, Vijay Immanuel Raman, Yuzhuo Li, Shyam Sundar Venkataraman, Daniel Kwo-Hung Shen
  • Publication number: 20120205578
    Abstract: A polishing composition, comprising a compound having structure I or salts thereof: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of —O?Mx+ wherein x is selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, and 3, —O—R3 wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, and phenyl, —N(R3R4) wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of —H, alkyl, allyl, and phenyl, and —S—R3, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of —CH2—CO2—CH3, —CO—NH—R5, —CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—OH, —CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—R3, and —CH2-substituted phenyl, wherein R5 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and substituted phenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: John L. Lombardi
  • Publication number: 20120193573
    Abstract: The invention relates to an additive for polishing composition, which can ensure stable polishing properties. The additive for polishing composition contains one or more amine compounds and an alcohol. The one or more amine compounds contain a quaternary ammonium salt. When the one or more amine compounds are contained in high concentration, the occurrence of precipitation of the amine compound can be prevented by including the alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: NITTA HAAS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masashi TERAMOTO, Ryoko HIGASHIGAKI, Hiroshi MAKINO