IP Library Granted Patent US 12,405,198
Granted Patent B2
US 12,405,198 · App. 17/801,378 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Photosensitive resin composition, method for selecting photosensitive resin composition, method for producing patterned cured film, and method for producing semiconductor device

Inventors: Kazuyuki Mitsukura (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Imazu (Tokyo, JP); Yu Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Komine (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
G01N3/32G03F7/22G03F7/40G01N2203/0005G01N2203/0017G01N2203/0067G01N2203/0073G01N2203/0222H01L24/05H01L24/13H01L2224/0401H01L2224/13144
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Patent No.
US 12,405,198
App. No.
17/801,378
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition exposing a resin film of a photosensitive resin composition at 100 to 2000 mJ/cm2 and heat-treating the resin film at 150° C. to 5 250° C. for 1 to 3 hours under nitrogen to produce a strip sample of a cured film having a film thickness of 10 μm and a width of 10 mm; performing a fatigue test of repeatedly pulling the strip sample under specific conditions; and selecting a photosensitive resin composition satisfying the following condition: the number of times of pulling required until the 15 strip sample breaks in the fatigue test is 100 or more cycles.

Claims (28)

1. A method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition, the method comprising:

exposing a resin film of a photosensitive resin composition at 100 to 2000 mJ/cm 2 and heat-treating the resin film at 150° C. to 250° C. for 1 to 3 hours under nitrogen to produce a strip sample of a cured film having a film thickness of 10 μm and a width of 10 mm;

performing a fatigue test of repeatedly pulling the strip sample under the conditions including a set temperature of 25° C., a distance between chucks of 20 mm, a testing rate of 5 mm/min, and a cyclic load stress of 100 MPa; and

selecting a photosensitive resin composition satisfying the following condition: a number of times of pulling required until the strip sample breaks in the fatigue test is 100 or more cycles.

2. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein in a tensile test of pulling the strip sample that has been subjected to 100 cycles of the fatigue test, under the conditions including a set temperature of 25° C., a distance between chucks of 20 mm, and a testing rate of 5 mm/min, a breaking elongation ratio of the strip sample is 10% to 60%.

3. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein a yield stress of the strip sample in the tensile test is 120 to 200 MPa.

4. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein a Young's modulus of the strip sample in the tensile test is 0.5 to 2.8 GPa.

5. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the cured film is 150° C. or higher.

6. A method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition, the method comprising:

exposing a resin film of a photosensitive resin composition at 100 to 2000 mJ/cm 2 and heat-treating the resin film at 150° C. to 250° C. for 1 to 3 hours under nitrogen to produce a strip sample of a cured film having a film thickness of 10 μm and a width of 10 mm;

performing a fatigue test of repeatedly pulling the strip sample under the conditions including a set temperature of −55° C., a distance between chucks of 20 mm, a testing rate of 5 mm/min, and a cyclic load stress of 120 MPa; and

selecting a photosensitive resin composition satisfying the following condition: a number of times of pulling required until the strip sample breaks in the fatigue test is 100 or more cycles.

7. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 6 , wherein in a tensile test of pulling a strip sample that has been subjected to 100 cycles of the fatigue test, under the conditions including a set temperature of 25° C., a distance between chucks of 20 mm, and a testing rate of 5 mm/min, a breaking elongation ratio of the strip sample is 10% to 60%.

8. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein a yield stress of the strip sample in the tensile test is 120 to 200 MPa.

9. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein a Young's modulus of the strip sample in the tensile test is 0.5 to 2.8 GPa.

10. The method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 7 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the cured film is 150° C. or higher.

11. A method for producing a patterned cured film, the method comprising:

a step of applying a photosensitive resin composition selected by the method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 on a portion or the entire surface of a substrate and drying the photosensitive resin composition to form a resin film;

a step of exposing at least a portion of the resin film;

a step of developing the resin film after exposure to form a patterned resin film; and

a step of heating the patterned resin film.

12. A method for producing a semiconductor device that includes a patterned cured film formed by the method for producing a patterned cured film according to claim 11 as an interlayer insulating layer or a surface protective layer.

13. A method for producing a patterned cured film, the method comprising:

a step of applying a photosensitive resin composition selected by the method for selecting a photosensitive resin composition according to claim 6 on a portion or the entire surface of a substrate and drying the photosensitive resin composition to form a resin film;

a step of exposing at least a portion of the resin film;

a step of developing the resin film after exposure to form a patterned resin film; and

a step of heating the patterned resin film.

14. A method for producing a semiconductor device that includes a patterned cured film formed by the method for producing a patterned cured film according to claim 13 as an interlayer insulating layer or a surface protective layer.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MITSUKURA, KAZUYUKI; IMAZU, YUKI; AOKI, YU
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062180/0700 →