摘要:
A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising specific recurring units. When processed by ArF lithography, the composition is improved in resolution and forms a pattern with a minimal line edge roughness.
摘要:
A polymer for resist use is prepared by previously charging a reactor with a solution containing a chain transfer agent and holding at a polymerization temperature, and continuously or discontinuously adding dropwise a solution containing monomers and a polymerization initiator to the reactor for radical polymerization. The polymer has a minimized content of a substantially insoluble component. A resist composition using the polymer as a base resin produces a minimized number of defects when processed by photolithography and is useful in forming microscopic patterns.
摘要:
A high resolution resist material comprising an acid generator is provided so that high sensitivity and high resolution for high energy rays of 300 nm or less, small line-edge roughness, and excellence in heat stability and storage stability are obtained. Moreover, a pattern formation method using this resist material are provided. Specifically, a novel compound of the following general formula (1); and a positive resist material comprising this compound preferably as a photo acid generator, and a base resin; are provided. This positive resist material may contain a basic compound or a dissolution inhibitor. Further, the present invention provides a pattern formation method comprising the steps of applying this positive resist material on a substrate, then heat-treating the material, exposing the treated material to a high energy ray having a wavelength of 300 nm or less via a photo mask, optionally heat-treating the exposed material, and developing the material using a developer.
摘要:
Provided are a resist material having markedly high resolution and etching resistance of a practically usable level, and being useful for fine microfabrication; a patterning method using the resist material; and a polymer useful as a base resin for the resist material. More specifically, provided are a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, which comprises one or more repeating units selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by formulae (1) to (3) below; and one or more repeating units of the formula (4) below; and a resist material containing the polymer.
摘要:
A polymer comprising recurring units of formulae (1), (2) and (3) increases a dissolution rate in an alkali developer under the action of an acid. R1, R2 and R5 are H or CH3, R3 and R4 are H or OH, and X is a tertiary exo-alkyl group having a bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane structure, represented by any of formulae (X-1) to (X-4): wherein R6 is a C1-C10 alkyl group. A resist composition comprising the inventive polymer has a sensitivity to high-energy radiation, improved resolution and minimized line edge roughness and lends itself to micropatterning with electron beams or deep UV for VLSI fabrication.
摘要:
A chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising at least one basic compound of the following general formula (1) or (2): wherein R1, R2, R3, R7, and R8 are independently normal, branched or cyclic alkylene groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R4, R5, R6, R9, and R10 are independently hydrogen, alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or amino groups, R4 and R5, R5 and R6, R4 and R6, or R8, R5 and R5, and R9 and R10, taken together, may form a ring, letters k, m and n are integers of 0 to 20, with the proviso that hydrogen is excluded from R4, R5, R6, R9 and R10 when k, m or n is equal to 0. The resist compositions of the present invention are effective for preventing resist films from thinning and for increasing the focus margin of an isolated pattern.
摘要:
Provided are polymeric compounds which, when used as base resins in resist materials, can yield chemical resist materials having high sensitivity, high resolution, a high exposure latitude, and good process adaptability, exhibiting excellent resistance to plasma etching, and giving resist patterns having high thermal resistance, as well as chemically amplified positive type resist materials using such polymeric compounds as base resins. These chemically amplified positive type resist materials use a base resin comprising a polymeric compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000 and having one or more hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups in the molecule, part or all of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups being replaced by groups of the following general formula ##STR1## and additionally contain an acid generator, a dissolution inhibitor, a basic compound, and an aromatic compound having a group of the formula .tbd.C--COOH.
摘要:
A polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1) is provided wherein some hydrogen atoms of phenolic hydroxyl groups and/or alcoholic hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups are replaced by acid labile groups. The polymer is crosslinked with a crosslinking group having a C--O--C linkage resulting from reaction of some of the remaining alcoholic hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups with an alkenyl ether compound or halogenated alkyl ether compound. The amount of the acid labile group and the crosslinking group combined is on the average from more than 0 mol % to 80 mol % of the entirety of the phenolic hydroxyl group, alcoholic hydroxyl group and carboxyl group. The polymer has Mw of 1,000-500,000. ##STR1## R.sup.1 is H or methyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, R.sup.3 is a divalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon group which may have a hetero atom, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are H or monovalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon groups which may have a hetero atom, x and y are integers satisfying x+y.ltoreq.5, x', y' and z' are integers satisfying x'+y'+z'.ltoreq.5, p, q and r are numbers satisfying 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.0.4, 0.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.0.4, 0.01.ltoreq.p+q.ltoreq.0.8, and p+q+r=1. A chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin has high sensitivity, high resolution, a wide latitude of exposure, and process adaptability and forms resist patterns having plasma etching resistance and heat resistance.