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2H196 | PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYMER AND PHOTORESIST PROCESSING | |
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G03F7/00-7/00,506;7/06;7/07;7/12-7/14;7/26-7/42 | AA | AA00 PURPOSES OR APPLICATIONS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |
. Printing plates * | . . Letterpress, flexographic plate | . . . The structure of plate materials | . . . Use of liquid resins | . . Planographic plates, offset plates | . . . PS plates | . . . . The structure of printing materials | . . . Diffusion transfer planographic plates | . . . . The structure of printing materials | ||||
AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA19 | AA20 | |||||
. . . Planographic plates without water | . . . . Use of Si-type photosensitive resins | . . . . Stacked photosensitive layers and Si rubber layers | . . Engraved plates or photogravure plates | . . . Resin photogravure plates | . . . Halftone gravure plates | . . Screen plates or stencil plates | . . . Use of metallic patterns | |||||
AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA30 | |||||
. Photographic images or plate originals | . Color proofing | . Photomasks | . Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits | . Printed circuits, printed wiring | . Electric or electronic components | . Optical components | . Others * | |||||
BA | BA00 PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA09 | BA10 | ||
. Negative photosensitive resins | . . Azido types | . . Diazo types | . . Acetylene low molecular types | . . Ethylene low molecular types | . . Insolubilized polymer types | . . Chromate types | . Positive photosensitive resins | . . Quinone azido types | ||||
BA11 | BA13 | BA14 | BA16 | BA17 | BA20 | |||||||
. . Solubilized polymer systems | . Inorganic photosensitive materials | . . Chalcogen types | . Other photosensitive materials | . . Silver halides | . Others * | |||||||
CA | CA00 FORMATION OF PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYERS |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA09 | ||||
. Pretreatment of supports | . . Use of Si compounds | . . Surface roughening, hydrophilic treatment | . . Undercoat layers, vapor deposited layers | . . . Light absorption | . . . Light reflectivity | . . Release layers | ||||||
CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA20 | |||||
. Coating methods | . . Application | . . . Flow application | . . . Spinning application | . . Laminating | . . Vapor-phase growth method, plasma polymerization, CVD method | . . . Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method | . Others * | |||||
DA | DA00 PROCESSING PRIOR TO IMAGE EXPOSURE |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA10 | ||||||
. Baking (prebaking) | . Uniform exposure (pre-exposure) | . Processing by gas | . Processing by processing liquids | . Others * | ||||||||
EA | EA00 IMAGE EXPOSURE |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | |||
. Light sources, radiation sources | . . Near-ultraviolet radiation, visible light | . . Far-ultraviolet radiation | . . Laser | . . . Excimer laser | . . Electron beams | . . X-rays, EUV | . . Ion beams | |||||
EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA18 | EA19 | EA20 | ||||
. Exposure methods | . . Multiple exposure | . . . Simultaneous use of uniform exposure (auxiliary exposure) | . . . Image exposure using multiple kinds of radiation sources | . . . Double-sided exposure | . . . Exposure from the back side | . . Intervening material between document to be exposed and photosensitive material | . . . Transparent sheets, gaps | . . . Diffuser panels | ||||
EA21 | EA23 | EA27 | EA30 | |||||||||
. . . Photoengraving screens | . . Lithographic exposure | . . Exposure atmosphere | . Others * | |||||||||
FA | FA00 PROCESSING PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT AFTER IAMGE EXPOSURE |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA10 | |||||
. Baking | . Uniform exposure | . Ambient atmosphere | . Gas processing | . Processing by processing liquids | . Others * | |||||||
GA | GA00 DEVELOPMENT |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | ||
. Liquid development | . . . Developers | . . . . . Organic solvent type developers | . . . . Combinations of solvents | . . . . Additives | . . . . Specifying of physical property values * | . . . Aqueous developers | . . . . Alkaline agents | . . . . Additives | ||||
GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA15 | GA17 | GA18 | GA20 | ||||||
. . . . . Surfactants | . . . . . Chelating agents | . . . . Specification of physical property values * | . . . . . Coloring or discoloring by developers | . . Rinsing, water washing | . . . Rinsing agents | . . Drying | ||||||
GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA27 | GA29 | GA30 | ||||
. Liquid developing devices | . . Dip type developing devices | . . . Supply of developers | . . . Conveying of sensitized materials | . . . Developer tanks | . . . . Injecting or spraying developers | . . . . Rotary brushes | . . Spin developing devices | . . . Supply of developers | ||||
GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | GA36 | GA37 | GA38 | GA39 | GA40 | |||||
. . . Developer spray nozzles | . . . Rotary chucks | . . . Developing chambers | . Dry development | . . Plasma development | . . . Types of plasma * | . . . Means for use with plasma * | . . . Plasma developing devices | |||||
GA43 | GA45 | GA46 | GA48 | GA50 | ||||||||
. . Removal by heating | . . Direct removal by exposure | . . . Using excimer lasers | . . Powder (toner) development | . . Release development | ||||||||
GA52 | GA54 | GA55 | GA60 | |||||||||
. . Coloring by heating | . . Coloring or discoloring by transfer | . . . Using microcapsules | . Others * | |||||||||
GB | GB00 BAKING DEVICES |
GB01 | GB02 | GB03 | GB04 | GB05 | GB07 | GB08 | GB10 | |||
. Heating means | . . Infrared radiation | . . Heaters, heating plates | . . Microwaves | . . Heated gases | . Conveying means | . . Belt conveyors | . Others * | |||||
HA | HA00 PROCESSING AFTER DEVELOPMENT |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA07 | HA09 | HA10 | |||||
. Baking, post-baking, burning | . Processing by processing liquids, desensitizing treatment | . Uniform exposure (after-exposure) | . Transferring images | . Coloring, dyeing | . . . Coloring or dyeing for other than resin images | |||||||
HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA17 | HA18 | HA19 | HA20 | ||||
. Etching | . . Objects to be etched | . . . Metals | . . . Non-metals, metal oxides, inorganic compounds | . . . Macromolecular compounds, organic compounds | . . Wet etching | . . . Etchants | . . . Wet etching devices | . . . . Supplying etchants | ||||
HA21 | HA23 | HA24 | HA25 | HA27 | HA28 | |||||||
. . . . Retaining or rotating objects to be etched | . . Dry etching | . . . Etching gas compositions * | . . . Additional means * | . Plating, vapor deposition | . . Lift-off method | |||||||
HA31 | HA32 | HA33 | HA34 | HA35 | HA36 | HA37 | HA40 | |||||
. Correcting images (deforming the patterns obtained) | . . Correcting the surfaces of printing plates | . . Multiple sets of image-like exposure and development | . . Using a pattern as a mold to form another pattern | . . Deforming patterns by applying materials (thickening or the like) | . . . Deforming patterns using radiation or gases | . . Deforming patterns by heat fluidization | . Others * | |||||
JA | JA00 TREATMENT PROCESSES |
JA01 | JA02 | JA03 | JA04 | JA06 | JA07 | JA08 | JA10 | |||
. Combining processes * | . . Up to image exposure * | . . From image exposure to development * | . . Subsequent to development * | . Conversion or simultaneous use of negative and positive | . . Changing by exposure | . . Changing by development | . Others * | |||||
KA | KA00 MULTILAYER RESIST METHOD |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA04 | KA05 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | |
. Types of photosensitive layers * | . . . Two-layered resist films * | . . . Positive lower layers * | . . . Negative lower layers * | . . . Negative upper layers * | . . . Positive upper layers * | . . Three or more layers of resist films * | . . Intermediate film other than resist between upper and lower layers * | . . Lower-layer resists already exposed | . . Multiple layers of the same resist * | |||
KA11 | KA12 | KA13 | KA14 | KA15 | KA16 | KA17 | KA18 | KA19 | ||||
. Processing methods * | . . Application, baking | . . Exposure | . . Development | . . . Of upper layers of resists | . . . Of lower layers of resists | . . Etching resist films | . . . Dry etching | . . . Etching lower layers | ||||
KA21 | KA22 | KA23 | KA25 | KA27 | KA30 | |||||||
. . Imparting resistance to dry etching | . . Flattening irregular surfaces | . . Exposure of the lower layer using an upper-layer resist mask | . . Cross-sectional shapes, overhanging shapes | . . Enhancing contrast | . Others * | |||||||
LA | LA00 SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES |
LA01 | LA02 | LA03 | LA06 | LA07 | LA08 | LA09 | ||||
. Removal or separation of used image layers | . . Wet removal or separation | . . . Stripping solutions | . . Dry removal or separation | . . . . . Using plasma or the like | . . . . Types of plasma * | . . . . Means for use with plasma * | ||||||
LA11 | LA12 | LA13 | LA16 | LA17 | LA18 | LA19 | ||||||
. Removal or separation of supports or protective layers | . . Mechanical separation or removal | . . Removal by dissolving using processing liquid | . Measuring or evaluating characteristics * | . . Of photosensitive resins or photoresists | . . Of processing liquids | . . . Of developers | ||||||
LA21 | LA22 | LA25 | ||||||||||
. Storing photoresists | . . Packages, containers | . Disposal of waste processing liquids | ||||||||||
LA31 | LA40 | |||||||||||
. DSA (Directed Self Assembly) | . Others * |