US 11,745,142 B2
Filter device, purification device, chemical solution production method
Tetsuya Kamimura, Shizuoka (JP); Tadashi Omatsu, Shizuoka (JP); Tetsuya Shimizu, Shizuoka (JP); and Satomi Takahashi, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/983,383.
Application 16/983,383 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/008077, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-055149 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0360862 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B01D 61/14 (2006.01); B01D 61/18 (2006.01); B01D 61/58 (2006.01); B01D 69/02 (2006.01); B01D 71/36 (2006.01); G03F 7/32 (2006.01); G03F 7/42 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B01D 3/14 (2006.01); B01D 65/02 (2006.01); B01D 69/08 (2006.01); B01D 69/12 (2006.01); C08F 236/20 (2006.01); C08J 9/36 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 61/58 (2013.01) [B01D 3/145 (2013.01); B01D 61/145 (2013.01); B01D 61/147 (2013.01); B01D 61/18 (2013.01); B01D 65/02 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 69/08 (2013.01); B01D 69/12 (2013.01); B01D 71/36 (2013.01); C08F 236/20 (2013.01); C08J 9/365 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); B01D 2311/25 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2623 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2669 (2013.01); B01D 2317/02 (2013.01); B01D 2321/16 (2013.01); B01D 2325/022 (2013.01); B01D 2325/36 (2013.01); B01D 2325/42 (2013.01); C08J 2327/18 (2013.01); C08J 2347/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/32 (2013.01); G03F 7/422 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filtering device for obtaining a chemical liquid by purifying a liquid to be purified, comprising:
an inlet portion;
an outlet portion;
a filter A;
at least three filters B different from the filter A; and
a flow path extending from the inlet portion to the outlet portion,
wherein the filter A and the filters B are arranged in series between the inlet portion and the outlet portion,
the filter A is selected from the group consisting of a filter A1, a filter A2, and a filter A3,
the filter A1 has a porous base material made of polytetrafluoroethylene and a coating layer which is disposed to cover the porous base material and contains a fluorinated ionomer,
the fluorinated ionomer contains
a fluorinated monomer unit containing an ethylene group and a functional group which is convertible into a hydrophilic group selected from the group consisting of —SO2F, —COOR, —COF, and a combination of these, R is a C1-C20 alkyl radical or a C6-C20 aryl radical;
a monomer unit derived from at least one bis-olefin selected from the group consisting of Formulas (OF-1), (OF-2), and (OF-3); and
at least one kind of atom selected from the group consisting of an iodine atom and a bromine atom,

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
in Formula (OF-1), j is an integer of 2 to 10, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same as or different from each other and each represent H, F, or a C1-C5 alkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group,

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
in Formula (OF-2), a plurality of A's may be the same as or different from each other and are each independently selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and H, a plurality of B's may be the same as or different from each other and are each independently selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, H, and ORB, RB is a branched or linear alkyl radical capable of being at least partially fluorinated or chlorinated, E is a divalent group which is capable of being inserted into an ether bond, is fluorinated as necessary, and has 2 to 10 carbon atoms,

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
in Formula (OF-3), E, A, and B have the same definition as E, A, and B in Formula (OF-2), R5, R6, and R7 may be the same as or different from each other and each represent H, F, a C1-C5 alkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group,
the filter A2 contains a copolymer having a repeating unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and another repeating unit,
the filter A3 is a laminated structure having a first layer which consists of a porous base material made of polytetrafluoroethylene having a first hydrophilic group on a surface thereof and a second layer which is disposed on the first layer and consists of a porous base material made of polytetrafluoroethylene having a second hydrophilic group different from the first hydrophilic group on a surface thereof,
the filters B includes at least two filters BU disposed on an upstream side of the filter A on the flow path,
the at least two filters BU have a pore size larger than a pore size of the filter A,
one of the at least two filters BU contains a polypropylene not having an ion exchange group or polyethylene not having an ion exchange group,
the other of the at least two filters BU contains a resin having an ion exchange group which is an imide group,
the filters B includes at least a filter BD disposed on a downstream side of the filter A on the flow path, and
at least the one filter BD has a pore size smaller than a pore size of the filter A.