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US 12,344,773 · App. 16/982,624 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Mask adhesive and pellicle comprising same

Inventors: Tsuneaki Biyajima (Iwakuni, JP); Daiki Taneichi (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
C09J153/025C09J123/02G03F1/64C08K5/01C09J193/04H01L21/67359Y10T428/2883
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Patent No.
US 12,344,773
App. No.
16/982,624
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a mask adhesive that plastically deforms easily, no adhesive residue remains after peeling from the mask, ease of handling is excellent, and haze on a pellicle film is unlikely to be increased. A mask adhesive resolving this problem contains a thermoplastic elastomer (A) for which the temperature at which the loss tangent measured at a frequency of 1 Hz is at a maximum value is −20 to 30° C., a tackifier resin (B), and a process oil (C). The total of the proportion (% CP) of paraffin carbon and the proportion (% CN) of naphthene carbon in the process oil (C) is 50% or more. The temperature of the mask adhesive at which the loss tangent measured at a frequency of 1 Hz is at a maximum value is −10 to 30° C., and the sulfur content of the mask adhesive is 300 μg/g or less.

Claims (32)

1. A mask adhesive comprising:

100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) in which a loss tangent measured from −80° C. to 200° C. at a frequency of 1 Hz has a maximum value at a temperature of −20° C. to 30° C.;

20 to 150 parts by mass of a tackifier resin (B); and

20 to 150 parts by mass of a process oil (C), wherein

an amount of softening agent selected from the group consisting of polybutene, hydrogenated polybutene, unsaturated polybutene, aliphatic hydrocarbons (excluding the process oil (C)), and acrylic polymers is 0 to 1 part by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic elastomer (A),

the thermoplastic elastomer (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a (meth)acrylate-based thermoplastic elastomer, and an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer,

in the process oil (C), a total of a proportion (% CP) of paraffin carbon and a proportion (% CN) of naphthene carbon is 50% or more,

in a molecular-weight distribution chart obtained by gel permeation chromatography of the process oil (C), a ratio of an area of a region where the molecular-weight is 500 or less is 5% or less,

in the mask adhesive, a loss tangent measured from −80° C. to 200° C. at a frequency of 1 Hz has a maximum value at a temperature of −10° C. to 30° C., and

the mask adhesive has a sulfur content of 300 μg/g or less.

2. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the process oil (C) has a sulfur content of 2,000 μg/g or less.

3. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the proportion (% CP) of paraffin carbon in the process oil (C) is 50% or more.

4. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the process oil (C) contains a paraffin-based process oil (C1); and

the paraffin-based process oil (C1) has a number-average molecular weight of 300 to 1,500.

5. The mask adhesive according to claim 4 , wherein:

the paraffin-based process oil (C1) has a kinematic viscosity of 50 to 400 mm 2 /s at 40° C.

6. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

an amount of outgas is 20.0 μg/g or less.

7. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the thermoplastic elastomer (A) is a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer.

8. The mask adhesive according to claim 7 , wherein:

the styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer is a triblock copolymer that has a first polystyrene block, a polyisoprene block having an isopropenyl group in a side chain thereof, and a second polystyrene block and/or a hydride of the triblock copolymer.

9. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tackifier resin (B) has a softening point of 60° C. to 150° C., the softening point being measured based on a ring-and-ball method specified in JIS K-2207.

10. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tackifier resin (B) has a number-average molecular weight of 300 to 3,000.

11. The mask adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tackifier resin (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of rosin and derivatives thereof, polyterpene resins and hydrides thereof, terpene phenolic resins and hydrides thereof, aromatic modified terpene resins and hydrides thereof, coumarone-indene resins, aliphatic petroleum resins, alicyclic petroleum resins and hydrides thereof, aromatic petroleum resins and hydrides thereof, aliphatic-aromatic copolymer-based petroleum resins, and dicyclopentadiene-based petroleum resins and hydrides thereof.

12. A pellicle comprising a pellicle frame, a pellicle film disposed on one end face of the pellicle frame, and a mask adhesive layer disposed on the other end face of the pellicle frame and containing the mask adhesive according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2020
From: BIYAJIMA, TSUNEAKI; TANEICHI, DAIKI
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053826/0300 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-067006 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210024791A1 · Jan 28, 2021
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