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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Kinya Kodama, Usui-gun, JP;
Tsutomu Kashiwagi, Usui-gun, JP;
Toshio Shiobara, Usui-gun, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical waveguide-forming material is comprised of a photocurable organopolysiloxane composition comprising an alkali-soluble organopolysiloxane and a photoacid generator, wherein the organopolysiloxane is obtained by (co)hydrolytic condensation of a triorganoxysilane having hydrolyzable epoxide and has an average molecular weight of 500–50,000 as determined by GPC using polystyrene standards. The optical waveguide-forming material, when subjected to pattern formation by photolithography, can be resolved with an alkaline aqueous solution, has a high sensitivity and resolution, and offers a cured film having improved light transmittance, heat resistance and humidity resistance.