IP Library Granted Patent US 9,437,414
Granted Patent B2
US 9,437,414 · App. 13/607,276 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Pattern forming device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,437,414
App. No.
13/607,276
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pattern forming device uses a template having a plurality of protrusions and recesses configured to imprint a reverse image thereof on a resin on a substrate. The pattern forming device has a holding part, a stage, a driving part, and a curing part. The holding part includes a contact portion having a friction reducing contact portion, which is configured to engage against the template to hold the template. The stage carries the substrate. The driving part is configured to move at least one of the holding part and the stage to have the pattern in contact with the resin. The curing part cures the resin. The contact portion has a main body portion configured to move forward/backward with respect to the template and a tip portion arranged on the main body portion.

Claims (6)

1. A pattern forming device, which uses a template having a body with side surfaces, and a pattern arranged on a major surface of the body and having a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions formed thereon to map the shape of the pattern to a resin on a substrate, the pattern forming device comprising:

a holding portion configured to hold the body and being positionable adjacent to a major surface of the body opposite the major surface having the pattern, the holding portion having at least two independently moveable contact portions that are positioned and arranged to engage a side surface of the template through a contact friction reducing film, each of the at least two independently moveable contact portions has at least two protruding portions separated by a gap there between, and the at least two independently moveable contact portions are each coupled to an actuator, and the actuators move the at least two independently moveable contact portions relative to the body.

2. The pattern forming device of claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a piezoelectric actuator.

3. The pattern forming device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two protruding portions comprise a plurality of protrusions arrayed symmetrically.

4. The pattern forming device of claim 3 , wherein the side surface of the template includes at least one recess into which one of the at least two protruding portions may be received during engagement of the at least two independently moveable contact portions and the template.

5. The pattern forming device of claim 1 , wherein the contact friction reducing portion film comprises a fluororesin film formed thereon.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: OTA, TAKUMI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 029404/0806 →