Promerus, Lcc

Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited

Cheryl Burns

Brian F Knapp

Edmund Elce

Andrew Bell

Hendra Ng

Sridevi Kaiti

Wei Zhang

Xiaoming Wu

Keitaro Seto

Kazuyoshi Fujita

Christopher Apanius

Hiromichi Sugiyama

Royce Groff

Crystal D Cyrus

Makoto Horii

Brian Kocher

Yogesh Patel

Masanobu Sakamoto

Seishi Ohashi

Larry Funderburk Rhodes

Pramod Kandanarachchi

Linda Zhang

Carolyn Scherger

The present invention relates to photosensitive compositions containing polynorbornene (PNB) polymers and certain additives that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs and certain multifunctional crosslinking agents, and two or more phenolic compounds which are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation and exhibit improved mechanical properties.

Photosensitive compositions and applications thereof

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass polyamic acid or polyimide polymers containing a reactive maleimide end group as well as photosensitive compositions made therefrom which are useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays. In some embodiments the compositions of this invention are shown to feature excellent hitherto unachievable mechanical properties. The negative images formed therefrom exhibit improved thermo-mechanical properties, among other property enhancements.

Reactive end group containing polyimides and polyamic acids and photosensitive compositions thereof

Various vinyl addition polymers of nadic anhydride are disclosed. Examples of such polymers include copolymers and terpolymers of nadic anhydride with a wide variety of norbornene-type monomers. The nadic anhydride polymers are found to be useful in forming a wide variety of photosensitive compositions, both positive and negative, which are capable of forming high resolution imagable films exhibiting excellent dielectric properties (low-k) and thermal properties, and thus are useful in the fabrication of a variety of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, among others.

Nadic anhydride polymers and photosensitive compositions derived therefrom

The present invention relates to photosensitive compositions containing polynorbornene (PNB) polymers and certain additives that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs and certain hindered phenols as additives which are capable of controlling the adhesiveness by radiation.

The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a diaryl amine synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.

Thermo-oxidatively stable, side chain polyether functionalized polynorbornenes for microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof

The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.

The present invention relates to photosensitive compositions containing polynorbornene (PNB) polymers and certain additives that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs and certain hindered phenols as additives which are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass negative-tone, aqueous base developable, self-imagable polymer compositions useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays.

Aqueous base-developable negative-tone films based on functionalized norbornene polymers

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass negative-tone, aqueous base developable, self-imageable polymer compositions useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays.

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Cheryl Burns