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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an active ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition capable of inhibiting pattern collapses within an ultrafine region (e.g., region of line width=50 nm or less) and of improving the margin of focus (DOF: Depth of Focus); a resist film using the composition; a pattern formation method; a method for manufacturing an electronic device; and an electronic device.SOLUTION: The provided active ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: (A) a resin possessing repeating units including groups generating polar groups as a result of the decomposition thereof based on the function of an acid; (B) a compound generating an acid as a result of the irradiation thereof with active rays or radiations; and (F) a compound expressed by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), X expresses: an organic group including at least one type selected from the group consisting of amino groups, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic groups, epoxy groups, methacryloyl groups, vinyl groups, and mercapto groups; alkyl group; cycloalkyl group; aryl group; or alkoxy group; n is an integer of 0 to 3).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method capable of achieving small LWR (line width roughness), excellent depth of focus (DOF) performance, excellent pattern features, inhibition of pattern collapse and reduction of development defects, in the process of forming a fine pattern such as a trench pattern with a pattern size of 40 nm or less represented by a line width, a space width or the like by use of an organic developing solution, and to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition to be used for the method, a resist film, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device and an electronic device using the above pattern forming method and the composition.SOLUTION: The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: (A) a resin having a repeating unit that is decomposed by an action of an acid to generate a polar group; (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; and (C) a component comprising at least either a compound having at least one of a fluorine atom and a silicon atom and having basicity or showing increase in basicity by an action of an acid, or a resin having a CHpartial structure in a side chain moiety and having basicity or showing increase in basicity by an action of an acid. The content of the repeating unit that is decomposed by an action of an acid to generate a polar group is 55 mol% or more with respect to the whole repeating units of the resin (A).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a negative pattern, in which a pattern excellent in the depth of focus (DOF), uniformity in a local pattern dimension and resolution can be formed even when a pattern having various features including a contact hole pattern is to be formed, and to provide a method for manufacturing an electronic device including the above pattern forming method, an electronic device, and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.SOLUTION: The method for forming a negative pattern includes steps of (1) forming a film comprising an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, (2) exposing the film and (3) developing the exposed film by using a developing solution containing an organic solvent. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises (G) a non-polymeric compound having a molecular weight of 500 or more and containing a nitrogen atom and either a fluorine atom or a silicon atom.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an actinic ray sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition capable of forming a hole pattern having an ultrafine pore diameter (for instance, 60 nm or smaller) excellent in circularity while maintaining low dependence on development time for the pore diameter, and to provide a resist film, a pattern forming method, a method for manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device using the same.SOLUTION: There is provided an actinic ray sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition including: (P) a resin having a repeating unit (a) represented by the following general formula (I); (B) a compound that generates an organic acid by irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and (C) a basic compound that has a nitrogen atom and is unchanged by irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation. A content of the compound (C) is 1.0 mass% or more based on the total solid content of the actinic ray sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition. A molar ratio [C]/[B] of the compound (C) to the compound (B) is 0.40 or more.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positive resist composition for satisfying all of line edge roughness (LWR), exposure latitude (EL), PEB temperature dependency and pattern collapsing in a high order, and a pattern formation method using the positive resist composition. SOLUTION: The positive resist composition comprises: (A) a resin which increases solubility in an alkali developing solution by an action of an acid and comprises a repeating unit containing a lactone structure and a cyano group, a repeating unit containing a first group of a specific structure and a repeating unit containing a second group of a specific structure which is different from the first group; (B) a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation of an actinic ray or a radiation; and (C) a solvent. The pattern formation method using the positive resist composition is also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method showing excellence in reduction of bridge defects and restrained in generation of particles in forming a fine pattern with a line width of 50 nm or less by a developing method using an organic developing solution, and to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition used for the method, a resist film, a method for manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device.SOLUTION: The pattern forming method includes steps of: (i) forming a film of an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition; (ii) exposing the film; and (iii) developing the film by using a developing solution containing an organic solvent to form a negative pattern. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises (A) a resin showing an increase in the polarity by an action of an acid to decrease the solubility with a developing solution containing an organic solvent, (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, (C) a solvent, and (D) a resin having a structural unit including a fluorine atom but no CFmoiety structure.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method by which a trench pattern or a hole pattern having an ultrafine width or hole diameter can be formed while generation of blob defects is sufficiently reduced, and to provide a composition used for the method, a method for manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device.SOLUTION: A pattern forming method includes: a step of forming a first film by using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition (I), which contains a resin (A) showing an increase in the polarity by an action of an acid to decrease the solubility with a developing solution containing an organic solvent, and a compound (B) generating an acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and exposing and developing the first film to form a negative pattern; and a step of forming a second film on the negative pattern by using a composition (II), which contains a compound (A') showing an increase in the polarity by an action of an acid to decrease the solubility with a removing solution containing an organic solvent, and removing a region where an acid generating from the compound (B) does not react with the compound (A'), by using a removing solution.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition that allows formation of a pattern, upon forming a fine pattern, with excellent uniformity in a local pattern dimension and exposure latitude while reducing generation of scum and residual water defects, and to provide a pattern forming method, a resist film, a method for manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device using the composition.SOLUTION: The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises: (A) a resin having a repeating unit expressed by general formula (I); (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; and (C) a resin having at least one repeating unit (x) in a repeating unit expressed by general formula (II) and a repeating unit expressed by general formula (III), in which the content of the repeating unit (x) is 90 mol% or more with respect to the whole repeating units in the resin (C).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method that has excellent uniformity and exposure latitude of a local pattern dimension in formation of a fine pattern such as a hole pattern with a pore diameter of 45 nm or smaller and suppresses the occurrence of a water residue defect, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition used for the same, a resist film, a manufacturing method of an electronic device, and an electronic device; in particular, a pattern forming method suitable for liquid immersion exposure, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition used for the same, a resist film, a manufacturing method of an electronic device, and an electronic device.SOLUTION: A pattern forming method includes: (a) a step of forming a film by an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (A) that increases polarity by the action of acid and decreases solubility to a developing solution containing an organic solvent, a compound (B) that generates acid by irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, a solvent (C), and a resin (D) that is different from the resin (A) and substantially does not contain fluorine atoms and silicon atoms; (b) a step of exposing the film; and (c) a step of developing the film by using a developing liquid containing an organic solvent to form a negative pattern. The content of the resin (D) relative to the total solid content of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is 0.1 mass% or more and less than 10 mass%; and the mass content of a CHpartial structure of a side chain part in the resin (D) accounts for 12.0% or more of the resin (D).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a pattern having excellent roughness performance such as LWR, uniformity of a local pattern dimension and exposure latitude, and favorable dry etching durability, and to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition to be used for the method.SOLUTION: The method for forming a pattern includes steps of: (a) forming a film by using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, which contains a resin (P) containing a repeating unit (b1) expressed by general formula (b1) that is not acid-decomposable and a repeating unit that is decomposed by acid to produce a polar group, and a compound (B) that generates acid by irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (b) exposing the film to actinic rays or radiation at a wavelength of 200 nm or less; and (c) forming a negative pattern by developing the film by using a developing solution containing an organic solvent that has a hetero atom and a carbon atom and has 7 or more carbon atoms. In general formula (b1), A represents an alicyclic hydrocarbon group containing no oxygen atom but optionally having a substituent; and Xrepresents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.