CHEMICAL HEAT AMPLIFICATION IN THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:CA1217636A

    公开(公告)日:1987-02-10

    申请号:CA470463

    申请日:1984-12-18

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: IMPROVED CHEMICAL HEAT AMPLIFICATION IN THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING Chemical heat amplification is provided in thermal transfer printing, wherein some of the heat necessary for melting and transferring ink from a solid fusible layer in a ribbon to a receiving medium is provided by an exothermic reaction. This chemical reaction is due to an exothermic material that is located in the ink layer, or in another layer of the ink bearing ribbon. The exothermic reaction reduces the amount of the input power which must be applied either electrically or with electromagnetic waves. Examples of suitable exothermic materials are those which will provide heat within the operative temperature range of the ink, and include hydrazone derivatives which are substantially colorless, and have a molecular weight in the approximate range 150-650.

    USE OF DEPOLYMERIZABLE POLYMERS IN THE FABRICATION OF LIFT-OFF STRUCTURE FOR MULTILEVEL METAL PROCESSES

    公开(公告)号:CA1212890A

    公开(公告)日:1986-10-21

    申请号:CA483492

    申请日:1985-06-07

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: USE OF DEPOLYMERIZABLE POLYMERS IN THE FABRICATION OF LIFT-OFF STRUCTURE FOR MULTILEVEL METAL PROCESSES An improved lift-off process for multilevel metal structure in the fabrication of integrated circuits by employing lift-off layer formed from polymers which undergo clean depolymerization under the influence of heat or radiation and allow rapid and residue-free release of an "expendable mask". An embedded interconnection metallurgy system is formed by application of the lift-off layer of this invention over a cured polymer film or on an oxygen RIE barrier layer previously deposited on organic or inorganic substrate, followed by another barrier over which is then coated a radiation sensitive resist layer. After definition of the desired resist pattern by imagewise exposure and development, the image is replicated into the barrier by sputter etching in a fluorine containing ambient and subsequently into the base layer down to the substrate by oxygen reactive ion etching which is followed by blanket metal evaporation and finally the lift-off by brief heat treatment at the depolymerization temperature of the lift-off layer, and brief solvent soak.

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