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| 2H025 | PHOTORESIST MATERIALS | |
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| G03F7/004-7/04;7/06,501;7/075-7/115;7/16-7/18 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |
| . Sensitivity | . Resolution | . Pattern shape improvement | . Developability or image reproducibility | . Solvent resistance | . Acid resistance | . Alkali resistance | . Dry etching resistance | . Heat resistance | ||||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | AA20 | |||
| . Weatherability | . Print durability | . Film strength or scratch resistance | . Adhesiveness | . Non-adhesiveness | . Peelability | . Transferability | . Smoothness | . Conductivity | . Insulation | |||
| AB | AB00 USE |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB08 | AB09 | |||
| . Printing plates | . . Letterpress plates or flexographic plates | . . Lithographic plates or pre-sensitized plates | . . . Waterless plates | . . Intaglio plates or gravure plates | . . Stencils | . Photographic originals or photomasks | . Colour proofs | |||||
| AB11 | AB13 | AB14 | AB15 | AB16 | AB17 | AB20 | ||||||
| . Dry films | . Manufacturing colour filters | . Manufacturing other optical parts | . Manufacturing printed circuits | . Manufacturing semiconductor elements or integrated circuits | . Manufacturing other electrical components or electronic parts | . Other special uses | ||||||
| AC | AC00 TYPE OF EXPOSURE ENERGY |
AC01 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | ||||
| . Visible light or near ultraviolet rays | . Other high energy beams | . . Deep ultraviolet rays (deep UV) | . . X-rays | . . Electron beam (EB) | . . Ion beams | . . Laser beams | ||||||
| AD | AD00 IMAGE FORMATION MODE |
AD01 | AD03 | AD05 | AD06 | AD07 | ||||||
| . Negative types | . Positives types | . Both negative and positive types | . . changed by exposure methods | . . changed by developing methods | ||||||||
| BA | BA00 DIAZO OR AZIDE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA10 | |||
| . Diazonium compounds, excluding o-quinonediazide compounds | . . characterised by salts or anions | . . Diazo resins | . . p-quinonediazide compounds | . Azide compounds | . . Bis-azide compounds | . . Polymers having azide groups | . containing silicon | |||||
| BB | BB00 INORGANIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BB01 | BB03 | BB04 | BB10 | |||||||
| . Chromates | . Inorganic resists | . . Chalcogenides | . containing silicon | |||||||||
| BC | BC00 CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED GROUP-CONTAINING PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | BC08 | BC09 | BC10 | |
| . Unsaturated groups | . . Dimeric types | . . . Cinnamoyls or cinnamic acids | . . . Cinnamylidenes | . . . Benzalcetophenones, i.e. chalcone | . . . Stilbenes | . . . Alpha-phenylmaleimides | . . . Furylacryloyls | . . . Styrylpyridiniums or stilbazoliums | . . . Styrylketones | |||
| BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | BC15 | BC17 | BC18 | BC19 | BC20 | |||||
| . . Addition polymerisation types | . . . Acrylics or methacrylics | . . . . Acryloyl groups or methacryloyl groups | . . . . Acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylimide or methacrylimide groups | . . . Groups other than acrylics or methacrylics | . . . . Maleic acid diesters | . . . . Allyl groups | . . . . Vinylamino groups | |||||
| BC23 | BC24 | BC29 | ||||||||||
| . . . . Vinylether groups | . . . . Vinylethioether groups | . . . . Acetylenic unsaturated groups | ||||||||||
| BC31 | BC32 | BC33 | BC34 | BC35 | BC36 | BC37 | BC38 | BC40 | ||||
| . Unsaturated monomers | . . Monofunctional monomers | . . . Unsaturated carboxylic acids or salts | . . . Unsaturated carboxylic acid esters | . . . Unsaturated carboxylic acid amides or imides | . . . Acrylonitriles | . . . Styrenes | . . . Other unsaturated monomers | . . . containing silicon | ||||
| BC42 | BC43 | BC44 | BC45 | BC46 | BC47 | BC48 | BC49 | BC50 | ||||
| . . Polyfunctional monomers | . . . Unsaturated acid esters of polyol | . . . Unsaturated esters of polyhydric carboxylic acids | . . . Urethane-type unsaturated acid esters | . . . Unsaturated acid amides | . . . Divinyl benzenes | . . . Triarylisocyanurates | . . . Other polyfunctional monomers | . . . containing silicon | ||||
| BC51 | BC52 | BC53 | BC54 | BC55 | BC56 | |||||||
| . Polymers or prepolymers containing unsaturated groups | . . Addition polymers | . . . Acrylic polymers, methacrylic polymers, acrylic copolymers or methacrylic copolymers | . . . Maleic acid polymers or copolymers | . . . Diene polymers or copolymers | . . . Polyvinyl alcohol, including polyvinyl acetates | |||||||
| BC62 | BC63 | BC64 | BC65 | BC66 | BC67 | BC68 | BC69 | BC70 | ||||
| . . Condensation polymers or polyaddition polymers | . . . Polyesters having unsaturated groups in the main chain | . . . Polyesters having unsaturated groups in the side chain or at the end | . . . Polyethers | . . . Polyurethanes | . . . . Polyester-polyurethane | . . . Polyamides | . . . Polyimides and precursors thereof | . . . having other aromatic condensed rings and precursors thereof | ||||
| BC72 | BC73 | BC74 | BC77 | BC78 | BC79 | |||||||
| . . . Phenol resins | . . . . Novolak resins | . . . Epoxy resins | . . Polymers or prepolymers containing silicon | . . . Polysiloxanes or polysiloxanes in ladder shape | . . . containing silicon atoms in side chains | |||||||
| BC81 | BC82 | BC83 | BC84 | BC85 | BC86 | BC87 | BC88 | |||||
| . Monomers and polymers or prepolymers having specific definitions | . . specified by the number of unsaturated groups | . . specified by groups other than unsaturated groups | . . . Acidic groups | . . . . Carboxyl groups | . . . Hydroxyl groups | . . . Basic groups | . . . Functional groups having polymerisation initiator functions | |||||
| BC92 | BC93 | BC94 | BC95 | BC96 | BC97 | |||||||
| . . Molecular weight | . . . Molecular weight distribution | . . Viscosity | . . Elasticity | . . Melting point or softening point | . . Glass transition temperature | |||||||
| BD | BD00 OTHER INSOLUBLE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD06 | BD07 | BD08 | BD09 | BD10 | ||
| . Non-macromolecular compounds | . . having oxygen-containing photosensitive groups | . . . having epoxy groups or glycidyl groups | . . . Oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds | . . having nitrogen-containing photosensitive groups | . . . Nitro, i.e. nitro group-containing, compounds | . . . Nitrons | . . . Tertiary amino, i.e. tertiary amine-containing, compounds | . . . Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds | ||||
| BD12 | BD13 | BD20 | ||||||||||
| . . having sulfur-containing photosensitive groups | . . . Sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds | . . containing silicon | ||||||||||
| BD21 | BD22 | BD23 | BD24 | BD25 | BD27 | BD28 | BD29 | |||||
| . Macromolecular compounds | . . having oxygen-containing photosensitive groups | . . . containing epoxy groups or glycidyl groups | . . . containing carbonyl groups | . . . having oxygen-containing heterocyclic rings | . . having nitrogen-containing photosensitive groups | . . . containing nitro groups | . . . having nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rings | |||||
| BD32 | BD33 | BD36 | BD37 | BD38 | BD40 | |||||||
| . . having sulfur-containing photosensitive groups | . . . having sulfur-containing heterocyclic rings | . . containing halogen atoms | . . . containing methyl halide groups | . . . containing phenyl halide groups | . . Other photosensitive groups | |||||||
| BD42 | BD43 | BD44 | BD45 | BD46 | BD47 | BD48 | ||||||
| . . Addition polymers | . . . Acrylic polymers or methacrylic polymers | . . . Maleic acid polymers or anhydrous maleic acid polymers | . . . Diene polymers | . . . Polyvinyl alcohols | . . . Polystyrenes | . . . Silicon-containing polymers | ||||||
| BD52 | BD53 | BD54 | BD55 | |||||||||
| . . Condensation polymers or polyaddition polymers | . . . Epoxy resins | . . . Silicon resins | . . . . Polysiloxanes or polysiloxanes in ladder shape | |||||||||
| BE | BE00 ACID FORMING OR RELEASING PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BE01 | BE02 | BE04 | BE05 | BE07 | BE08 | BE10 | ||||
| . O-quinonediazide compounds | . . Macromolecules having o-quinonediazide groups | . Aromatic nitro compounds | . . Macromolecules having aromatic nitro groups | . Onium salts | . Organohalogen compounds | . using together the compounds which are resolved by the acid formed | ||||||
| BF | BF00 PHOTO-DEGRADABLE OR RADIATION-DEGRADABLE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL |
BF01 | BF02 | BF03 | BF04 | BF05 | BF07 | BF08 | BF09 | |||
| . Acrylic polymers or methacrylic polymers | . . having acrylic acid ester units or methacrylic acid ester units | . . . having methylmethacrylate units | . . having acrylonitrile units or methacrylonitrile units | . . having acrylamide units, methacrylamide units, acrylimide units or methacrylimide units | . . having halogen atoms in side chains | . . having substituted groups in the alpha-position carbon, excluding methyl groups | . . . having halogen atoms | |||||
| BF11 | BF12 | BF13 | BF14 | BF15 | ||||||||
| . Vinyl polymers other than acrylic or methacrylic polymers | . . Alpha-alkenylketones | . . Polyvinylethers | . . Polymethylstyrenes | . . Polyhydroxystyrenes | ||||||||
| BF21 | BF23 | BF24 | BF25 | BF27 | BF29 | BF30 | ||||||
| . Celluloses | . Polysulfones | . . Polyolefin sulfones | . . Polystyrene sulfones | . Polycarbonates | . Others | . containing silicon | BG | BG00 OTHER PHOTO-SOLUBLE, I.E. POSITIVE TYPE, PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS |
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| BH | BH00 PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS WHOSE PROPERTY OTHER THAN SOLUBILITY CHANGES |
BH01 | BH02 | BH03 | BH04 | BH05 | ||||||
| . decomposed and removed | . changing adhesiveness or stickiness | . changing hydrophilicity or lipophilicity | . changing chemical reactivity | . changing transmissivity or refractive index | ||||||||
| BJ | BJ00 PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL SPECIFIED BY PROPERTY OR MANUFACTURING METHOD |
BJ01 | BJ02 | BJ03 | BJ04 | BJ05 | BJ06 | BJ07 | BJ08 | BJ09 | BJ10 | |
| . Solubility | . . Water solubility | . . Emulsion | . Molecular weight | . . Molecular weight distribution | . Viscosity | . Elasticity | . Softening point or melting point | . Glass transition temperature | . Manufacturing methods | |||
| CA | CA00 POLYMERISATION INITIATOR OR SENSITISER |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA09 | |||
| . Carbonyl compounds | . . Acetophenones | . . Benzophenones | . . Benzoins or ethers | . . Benzylketals | . . Benzyls | . . Benzoyloximes | . . Xanthones or thioxanthones | |||||
| CA11 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | |||||
| . . Benzoquinones or anthraquinones | . Compounds other than carbonyl compounds | . . Halogen compounds, excluding onium salts | . . . Silver halides | . . Oxygen-containing compounds | . . . Peroxides | . . . Organic carboxylic acids or esters | . . . Oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds | |||||
| CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA26 | CA27 | CA28 | CA30 | |||||
| . . Nitrogen-containing compounds | . . . Azo compounds | . . . . Azonitrile compounds | . . . . Diazonium compounds | . . . Azide compounds | . . . Amine or amino compounds | . . . Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds | . . Sulfur-containing compounds | |||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA34 | CA35 | CA37 | CA39 | |||||||
| . . . Mercaptans or disulfides | . . . Sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds | . . Phosphorus-containing compounds | . . . Phosphines | . . Redox systems | . . Organo-metallic compounds | |||||||
| CA41 | CA42 | CA43 | CA44 | CA46 | CA48 | CA50 | ||||||
| . . Photosensitive dyes | . . . Merocyanines or cyanine dyes | . . . Styryl dyes | . . . Leuco dyes | . . Organic silicon compounds | . . Onium salts | . . Other inorganic compounds | ||||||
| CB | CB00 BINDER OR NON-PHOTOSENSITIVE MACROMOLECULE |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB06 | CB07 | CB08 | CB09 | CB10 | ||
| . Natural macromolecules and modified products thereof | . . Protein and modified products thereof | . . . Gelatin and modified products thereof | . . Celluloses | . Addition polymers | . . Polyvinyl alcohols, including polyvinyl acetate | . . Polyolefins | . . . Polyvinyl chloride | . . Maleic acid polymers or maleic acid copolymers | ||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB16 | CB17 | CB19 | CB20 | ||||
| . . Dienes | . . . Cyclised rubber | . . Polyacrylic acids or salts thereof or polymethacrylic acids or salts thereof | . . Polyacrylic acid esters or polymethacrylic acid esters | . . Polyacrylamides, polymethacrylamides, polyacrylimides or polymethacrylimides | . . Polystyrenes | . . . Polyvinylphenols | . Condensation polymers or polyaddition products | . . Polyesters | ||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB26 | CB28 | CB29 | CB30 | ||||
| . . Polyethers | . . Polyurethanes | . . Polyamides | . . . Soluble polyamides | . . Polyimides and precursors thereof | . . Other polymers having condensed aromatic rings or precursors thereof | . . Phenol resins | . . . Novolak resins | . . Epoxy resins | ||||
| CB32 | CB33 | CB34 | ||||||||||
| . Silicon-containing resins | . . Polysiloxanes or polysiloxanes in ladder shape | . . having silicon atoms in side chains | ||||||||||
| CB41 | CB42 | CB43 | CB45 | CB47 | CB48 | |||||||
| . specified by functional groups | . . Acidic groups | . . . Carboxyl groups | . . Hydroxyl groups | . . Basic groups | . . . Quaternary ammonium salts | |||||||
| CB51 | CB52 | CB53 | CB54 | CB55 | CB56 | CB57 | CB58 | CB59 | CB60 | |||
| . specified by properties | . . Solubility | . . . Water solubility | . . . Emulsion | . . Molecular weight | . . . Molecular weight distribution | . . Viscosity | . . Elasticity | . . Melting point or softening point | . . Glass transition temperature | |||
| CC | CC00 ADDITIVE |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC05 | CC06 | CC07 | CC08 | CC09 | CC10 | |
| . Stabilisers or polymerisation inhibitors | . Ultraviolet absorbents or fog-inhibitors | . Solvents | . Surfactants | . Plasticisers | . Adhesion promoting agents | . Anti-adhesive agents | . Fillers | . Elecroconductivity imparting agents | . Charge inhibitors | |||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC15 | CC16 | CC17 | CC20 | |||||
| . Colouring agents | . . Pigments | . . Dyes | . . changing colour or forming colour | . . . changing colour or forming colour by light exposure | . . . changing colour or forming colour by developing agents | . Hardeners, excluding those photosensitive | . Others | |||||
| DA | DA00 LAYER COMPOSITION |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | ||
| . Surface layers | . . Materials | . . characterised by functions | . . . Oxygen (O2) impermeable layers | . . . Anti-adhesive layers | . . . Improvement of vacuum adhesion | . Structures or shapes of photosensitive or photoresist layers | . . characterised by distribution of constituent components | . . having microcapsule structures | ||||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | ||||
| . . having multiple photosensitive layers | . . . Photosensitive materials in each layer being the same | . . . having two layers of different photosensitive materials | . . . . having intermediate layers | . . . . Contrast enhancing layers (CEL) | . Bases | . . Materials | . . . Materials other than metals | . . Structures or shapes | ||||
| DA21 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA29 | DA30 | |||||
| . . . Multilayered | . Planarisation layers | . . made of inorganic materials | . . made of silicon polymers | . . made of polyimide polymers | . . made of phenolic polymers | . Non-photosensitive image forming layers | . . Metal or metallised layers | |||||
| DA31 | DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | DA36 | DA37 | DA38 | DA39 | DA40 | |||
| . . Coloured layers | . . . Layers whose colour can be changed or dyed | . Stripping layers | . Halation inhibiting layers | . Adhesive layers | . Hydrophilic layers | . Water repellent or oil repellent layers | . Antistatic coatings | . Image receiving layers or transferred layers | . Other layers | |||
| EA | EA00 LAYER FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR |
EA01 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA10 | |||
| . Pretreatment | . Layer formation | . . Coating | . . . Spin coating | . . Vapour phase deposition, plasma polymerisation, or CVD | . . Langmuir-Blodgett methods (LB) | . . Lamination | . Post-treatments, e.g. drying | |||||
| FA | FA00 IMAGE FORMING METHOD |
FA01 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | ||
| . Pre-exposure treatments | . Exposure | . . Multiple exposures | . . . Preliminary exposure of the entire surface | . . . using multiple light source types | . . Contact exposure | . . Proximity exposure | . . Projection exposure | . . Scanning exposure | ||||
| FA12 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | FA17 | FA18 | FA19 | FA20 | |||||
| . Pre-developing treatments | . Developing | . . Liquid developing | . . . Developers being specified | . . . . Water-based developers | . . . . forming colour or changing colour by developers | . . Dry developing | . . . using plasma | |||||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA23 | FA24 | FA25 | FA26 | FA28 | FA29 | FA30 | ||||
| . . . removed by heating | . . . forming colour or changing colour by heating | . . . Powder or toner developing | . . . Peeling development | . . . forming colour or changing colour with transfer | . . . . using microcapsules | . Post-developing treatments | . . Post-baking | . . Post-exposure | ||||
| FA31 | FA33 | FA35 | FA37 | FA39 | FA40 | |||||||
| . . Treatment with hardeners | . . Correction of the formed image | . . Transfer of the formed image | . . Colouring or dyeing of the formed image | . . Other secondary processing | . . . Wet etching | |||||||
| FA41 | FA42 | FA43 | FA44 | FA45 | FA47 | FA48 | FA50 | |||||
| . . . Dry etching | . . . Sand blasting | . . . Plating or vapour deposition | . . . . Lift-off methods | . . . Colouring or dyeing layers other than resist layers | . Removal or peeling off the used resist layers | . . Removal by release agent | . Removal or peeling off layers other than photosensitive layers |