IP Library Granted Patent US 8,143,203
Granted Patent B2
US 8,143,203 · App. 12/233,669 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Method for washing device substrate

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Patent No.
US 8,143,203
App. No.
12/233,669
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a washing method for a device substrate, capable of sufficiently removing a resist attached to a device substrate, particularly a resist attached to fine pore portions of a pattern having a large aspect ratio. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises a washing step of removing a resist attached to a device substrate by means of a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising at least one fluorinated compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrofluoroether, a hydrofluorocarbon and a perfluorocarbon, and a fluorinated alcohol.

Claims (17)

1. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises removing a resist attached to a device substrate by washing said device substrate with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising a fluorinated alcohol and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane.

2. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the resist is an acrylic resin-type ArF resist.

3. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated alcohol is a compound of the following formula (1): C a H b F d X e OH (1) wherein X is a halogen atom other than a fluorine atom, each of a and d is an integer of at least 1, and each of b and e is an integer of at least 0, provided that b+d+e=2a+1.

4. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 3 , wherein the fluorinated alcohol is 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol.

5. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the fluorinated alcohol is from 1 to 60 mass % in the composition.

6. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises removing a resist attached to a device substrate by washing the device substrate with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol.

7. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the mass ratio of the 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane to the 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol is 89/11.

8. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises removing a resist attached to a device substrate by washing the device substrate with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane and 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropanol.

9. A method for washing a device substrate, which comprises removing a resist attached to a device substrate by washing the device substrate with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a composition comprising 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane and 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoropentanol.

10. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent is used in a supercritical state.

11. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the washing is first carried out by using the solvent in a liquid state, and then washing is carried out by using the solvent in a supercritical state.

12. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 1 , which includes, after the washing, rinsing with the above solvent or a hydrofluoroether.

13. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the mass ratio of the 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane to the 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol is from 70/30 to 95/5.

14. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the resist is an acrylic resin-type ArF resist.

15. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the solvent is used in a supercritical state.

16. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the washing is first carried out by using the solvent in a liquid state, and then washing is carried out by using the solvent in a supercritical state.

17. The method for washing a device substrate according to claim 6 , which includes, after the washing, rinsing with the above solvent or a hydrofluoroether.

Assignments (3)
CORPORATE ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 9, 2011
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027197/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2011
From: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026409/0286 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2008
From: OKAMOTO, HIDEKAZU; NAMATSU, HIDEO
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED; NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021555/0783 →