Abstract:
The silicon-containing resist compositions which have low silicon outgassing and high resolution lithographic performance, especially in bilayer or multilayer lithographic applications using 193 nm or shorter wavelength imaging radiation are enabled by the presence of an imaging polymer having silicon-containing, non-acid-labile pendant groups. The resist compositions of the invention are preferably further characterized by the substantial absence of silicon-containing acid-labile moieties.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain high resolution and superior stability by incorporating a mix of at least two kinds of miscible polymer resins soluble in an aqueous base to make it useful for the blend of a positive type resist. SOLUTION: One of polymer resins soluble in an aq. base is partially protected with protective groups, having high activation energy and the other of the polymer resins soluble in an aqueous base is partially protected with protective groups having low activation energy. The polymer resin to be used is a homopolymer which is soluble in an alkali solution after being deprotected or a multiple polymer containing two or more kinds of repeating monomeric units e.g. a copolymer or a terpolymer and contains polar functional groups which ionize readily. The polar functional groups of the polymer resins are hydroxyl or carboxyl groups. The homopolymer which can be used as the polymer resin is especially preferably polyhydroxystyrene(PHS), and the para-type is most preferable.
Abstract:
Acid-catalyzed positive resist compositions which are imageable with 193 nm radiation and/or possibly other radiation and are developable to form resist structures of improved development characteristics and improved etch resistance are enabled by the use of resist compositions containing imaging polymer component comprising an acid-sensitive polymer having a monomeric unit with a pendant group containing a remote acid labile moiety.
Abstract:
A photoresist composition comprised of a radiation scissionable polymeric system having organopolysiloxane segments sensitized by an onium salt is disclosed. Useful organopolysiloxane containing polymers include polysiloxane-polycarbonate block copolymers, and polyorganosiloxane polyaryl esters. The resist films produced from the photoresist compositions exhibit high sensitivity, high thermal stability and resistance to oxygen reactive ion etching which makes them desirable for dry etching processes to enable submicron resolution.
Abstract:
The silicon-containing resist compositions which have low silicon outgassing and high resolution lithographic performance, especially in bilayer or multilayer lithographic applications using 193 nm or shorter wavelength imaging radiation are enabled by the presence of an imaging polymer having silicon-containing, non-acid-labile pendant groups. The resist compositions of the invention are preferably further characterized by the substantial absence of silicon-containing acid-labile moieties.