Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A film forming, photosensitive, heat-resistant composition, characterised by comprising a varnish of polyimide precursor having no photosensitivity in itself, a polymerizable monomer or oligomer compatible with said varnish and capable of providing a high-heat-resistant polymer upon being polymerized and a polymerization initiator for said monomer or oligomer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A film forming, photosensitive, heat-resistant composition, characterised by comprising a varnish of polyimide precursor having no photosensitivity in itself, a polymerizable monomer or oligomer compatible with said varnish and capable of providing a high-heat-resistant polymer upon being polymerized and a polymerization initiator for said monomer or oligomer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1, in which said polyimide precursor is a precursor of a polyimide, a precursor of a modified polyimide, a precursor of a polybismaleimide or a precursor of a modified polybismaleimide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1 or 2, in which said polymerizable monomer or oligomer is an acrylic or methacrylic monomer or oligomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3, in which said monomer or oligomer has at least two functional groups in its molecule.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1 or 2, in which said polymerizable monomer or oligomer is a monomer or oligomer having an isocyanurate structure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1 or 2, in which said polymerizable monomer or oligomer is a phosphazenic monomer or oligomer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 1 or 2, in which said polymerizable monomer or oligomer is a mixture of an acrylic or methacrylic monomer or oligomer with a phosphazenic monomer or oligomer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A photosensitive, heat resistant resin composition according to claim 3, 4 or 7, in which said acrylic monomer or oligomer is a monomer or oligomer having an acryloyl or methacryloyl group at a terminal and/or a side chain in its molecule.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to claim 3, 4 or 7, in which said acrylic monomer or oligomer is an oligoester acrylate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition according to any preceding claim, in which said polymerization initiator is a benzoin ether compound, a ketal compound, an acetophenone compound, a benzophenone compound, a thioxanthone compound, an organic peroxide, a N-phenylglycine, a triazine compound or an allene-iron complex.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
105 words
A process for formation of a pattern, which comprises the steps of: coating a base material to be treated with a photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition as claimed in any preceding claim; exposing the resultant coating of the photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition to conditions capable of inducing a polymerization of said polymerizable monomer or oligomer in a predetermined pattern, thereby selectively polymerizing said monomer of oligomer; selectively removing a region of said coating other than that where a polymer of said monomer or oligomer has been formed; and heat-treating the residual coating to cause a cyclodehydration reaction and cure said polyimide precursor contained in the coating.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
A process forformation of a pattern according to claim 11, in which said polymerization initiator is a photopolymerization initiator and the coating of said photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition is exposed to a light pattern to induce-and advance a polymerization of said polymerizable monomer or oligomer through the action of a radical generated from said photopolymerization initiator.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process for formation of a pattern according to claim 11, in which said polymerization initiator is a heat polymerization initiator and the coating of said photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition is pattern- wise heated to induce and advance a polymerization of said polymerizable monomer or oligomer through the action of a radical generated from said heat polymerization initiator.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process forformation of a pattern according to any one of claims 11 to 13, which is used for production of circuit substrates for high-density mounting including printed circuits, printed boards, wiring boards and electronic components.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
169 words
A circuit board, which comprises a substrate and two or more electrically conductive layers applied over the substrate, the electrically conductive layer being insulated from each other through the upper and lower layer-insulating films, and being electrically connected with another electrically conductive layer through an interlayer conductor occupying a viahole in the layer-insulating film sandwiched therebetween, and in which the viahole-containing layer-insulating film has been prepared by the steps of: coating an electrically conductive layer as a base material with a photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10; exposing the resultant coating of the photosensitive, heat-resistant resin composition to conditions capable of inducing a polymerization of said polymerizable monomer or oligomer in a predetermined pattern, thereby selectively polymerizing said monomer or oligomer; selectively removing a region of said coating other than that where a polymer of said monomer or oligomer has been formed; and heat-treating the residual coating to cause a cyclodehydration reaction and cure said polyimide precursor contained in the coating.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A circuit board according to claim 15, in which the substrate is a semiconductor substrate, a ceramic substrate, a metallic substrate, an inorganic substrate or an organic substrate.