Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a negative resist fit for a wide concn. range of a developer and capable of forming a sharp image under various processing conditions by protecting part of hydroxyl group units on the arom. rings of a resin based on polyhydroxystyrene(PHS) with inert groups having relatively low reactivity with a strong acid. SOLUTION: This negative resist is based on a polymer resin contg. PHS having -OH sites converted into acid-stable -OR groups (R is prim. or sec. alkyl or -CO2 Y and Y is prim. or sec. alkyl not activated so as to generate a carbonium ion) in such a ratio as to effectively ensure the stability of a resist film under severe development conditions. When about 5-20% of all -OH sites are converted into -OR groups, the resultant resist is made fit for a developer used in an i-line producer at present, that is 0.263N TMAH (tetramethylammonium hydroxide).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a substantially homogeneous polymer blend suitable for use in photoresist compositions for lithography. SOLUTION: The polymer blend is provided for use in the photoresist compositions (specifically, chemical amplification-type photoresists) for lithography. In a preferable embodiment, the polymer blend is substantially transparent for far-ultraviolet radiation (i.e., a radiation having >250 nm wavelengths including 157 nm, 193 nm and 248 nm wavelengths) and has improved photosensitivity and resolution. The respective processes for preparing and using the polymer blend are also provided as well as the photoresist compositions for lithography containing the polymer blend. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoresist composition containing a polymer having at least one methacrylate monomer and to provide a method of pattering a substrate using the photoresist composition. SOLUTION: The photoresist composition contains a methacrylate monomer of formula 1 where R 1 represents hydrogen (H), a linear or branched 1-20C alkyl group or a semi- or perfluorinated linear or branched 1-20C alkyl group; where R 2 represents an unsubstituted aliphatic group or a substituted aliphatic group having zero or one trifluoromethyl (CF 3 ) group bonded to each carbon of the substituted aliphatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and where R 3 represents hydrogen (H), methyl (CH 3 ), trifluoromethyl (CF 3 ), difluoromethyl (CHF 2 ) or fluoromethyl (CH 2 F). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO