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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide photomask blanks which has a superior storage stability and a high sensitivity even when containing a large quantity of a light shielding material, and to provide a photomask which allows image formation with high resolution and ensures high linearity of an image edge. SOLUTION: The photomask blanks have, on a substrate, a photosensitive composition layer containing a sensitizing dye (A), a polymerization initiator (B), a multifunctional thiol compound (C) having 2 to 4 mercapto groups in a molecule, a polymerizable compound (D) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated bonds in a molecule, a binder polymer (E), and a light shielding material (F). COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a member for mask films that has the following features: finely and accurately removing an ultraviolet-shielding resin layer by means of low-energy laser light gives areas having uniform light transmission; the ultraviolet-shielding resin layer is less likely to be damaged; and positioning is easy during production of a large-sized printing plate and when the member is brought into close contact with the plate, then air inclusion rarely occurs and the whole surface is easy to bring into close contact with the printing material. SOLUTION: The member for masking films which includes a base film transparent to ultraviolet rays and, disposed on one surface thereof, the ultraviolet-shielding resin layer capable of being removed by irradiation with laser light beams and having an average thickness of 0.1 to 30 μm, wherein the ultraviolet-shielding resin layer is a multilayer structure composed of two or more layers including a resin layer (A) having a high carbon black content and a resin layer (B) having a low carbon black content, the layer (A) being located on the base film side and the layer (B) being located on the printing plate side, respectively, and the ultraviolet-shielding resin layer has specific optical properties. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a photomask, by which a light shielding layer having high film strength and superior adhesiveness to a glass substrate can be formed while suppressing deformation or breakage in the glass substrate. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the photomask includes: an exposure step of imagewisely exposing a photomask blank including a photosensitive layer that contains a light-shielding material, a polymerization initiator, an ethylenically unsaturated compound and a binder polymer, and an oxygen shielding layer, successively formed on a transparent glass substrate; a developing step of removing an unexposed region on the transparent substrate by using a developing solution to form an imagewise light-shielding layer on the transparent glass substrate; and a heating step of heating the light shielding layer by an IR heater radiating IR light having a maximum wavelength in the range from 3 μm to 7 μm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide photomask blanks having high sensitivity and excellent storage stability, and to provide a photomask which is produced using the photomask blanks and ensures high resolution and high linearity of an image edge part. SOLUTION: The photomask blanks have on a transparent substrate a photosensitive composition layer containing a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group, a binder polymer, and a light blocking material, wherein the sensitizing dye is at least one selected from the group consisting of specific compounds represented by general formulae (S1) to (S5). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protective liquid for emulsion mask capable of forming a protective film in a short time and achieving superior adhesion and surface hardness of an emulsion mask on which the protective film is formed, and to provide the emulsion mask using the same. SOLUTION: The ionizing radiation curing protective liquid for emulsion mask includes: an (meth)acrylate oligomer and/or (meth)acrylic monomer; and a reactive hydrophilic substance copolymerizable with the oligomer and/or the monomer. The reactive hydrophilic substance is (meth)acrylic modified hydrophilic substance, particularly an (meth)acrylic modified phosphate ester and/or (meth)acrylic modified quaternary ammonium salt. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a photomask by which the photomask with a high resolution and excellent in the linearity of an image edge portion is formed. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the photomask has: an exposure step to image-expose a photomask blank sequentially having a photosensitive layer including a light shielding material, a photo-polymerization initiator, an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and a binder polymer, and an oxygen shielding layer on a transparent substrate; a development step to remove unexposed regions of the photosensitive layer and the oxygen shielding layer; and a rinsing step wherein the ultrasonic treatment of 50 to 1,000 kHz is conducted on at least one step of a development step and a rinsing step after development. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT