IP Library Granted Patent US 12669749
Granted Patent B2
US 12669749 · App. 18/029,481 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist, pattern forming method, method for producing imprint mold, and method for producing semiconductor device

Inventors: Yasuhiro Okawa (Tokyo-to, JP); Shintaro Nasu (Tokyo-to, JP); Masakazu Kaneko (Tokyo-to, JP); Hirokazu Oda (Tokyo-to, JP)
Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
G03F7/0755B29C33/3842B29C33/42C08F230/08C08F292/00G03F7/0002G03F7/004G03F7/075G03F7/40H10P50/695H10P50/73H10P76/00H10P76/405B29C59/02
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Patent No.
US 12669749
App. No.
18/029,481
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist including a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable compound includes a siloxane bond in a molecule, and includes at least one polymerizable functional group; and a ratio of oxygen atoms bonded to a single silicon atom, among oxygen atoms bonded to a silicon atom included in the polymerizable compound, is 10 mol % or less; and the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist does not contain a solvent, and a viscosity is 20 cPs or less.

Claims (27)

1 . A curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist comprising a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator,

wherein the polymerizable compound includes a siloxane bond in a molecule, and includes at least one polymerizable functional group; and

a ratio of oxygen atoms bonded to a single silicon atom, among oxygen atoms bonded to a silicon atom included in the polymerizable compound, is 10 mol % or less; and

the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist does not contain a solvent, and a viscosity of the curable resin composition is 20 cPs or less.

2 . The curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound includes a spherical structure.

3 . The curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist according to claim 2 , wherein the polymerizable compound does not include an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a phosphorus atom, or a sulfur atom in a linking group between a siloxane polymer portion configuring a main skeleton of the spherical structure, and the polymerizable functional group.

4 . The curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist according to claim 1 , wherein,

an etching rate ratio of a cured product of the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist is:

when a fluorine gas is used, 1.0 times or more with respect to a standard resist,

when an oxygen gas is used, 0.2 times or less with respect to a standard resist, and

when a chlorine gas is used, 2.0 times or less with respect to a metal chrome layer.

5 . The curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist according to claim 1 , wherein a contact angle with respect to a surface of a standard resist shows 20° or less.

6 . A pattern forming method comprising a pasting step of pasting the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist according to claim 1 , on a concave and convex structure body with a concave and convex on its surface so as to cover the concave and convex, wherein an etching process is performed in the concave and convex structure body using a cured layer of the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist.

7 . The pattern forming method according to claim 6 , further comprising a flattening step of obtaining the cured layer by curing the curable resin composition for silicon-containing resist pasted on the concave and convex structure body in a state a flat plate mold is pushed against from upper side.

8 . The pattern forming method according to claim 7 , wherein:

the concave and convex structure body includes a workpiece substrate, a hard mask layer formed on the workpiece substrate, and a core material pattern formed on the hard mask layer and configured by an organic resist material;

the method comprising:

a step of forming a reversal pattern of the core material pattern and supplementary the cured layer, by etching and removing the core material pattern after the flattening step;

a step of forming a hard mask pattern by etching the hard mask layer using the reversal pattern as a mask; and

a step of etching the workpiece substrate using the hard mask pattern as a mask.

9 . The pattern forming method according to claim 7 , wherein:

the concave and convex structure body is a workpiece substrate with a concave and convex on its surface,

the method further comprising:

after the flattening step, a step of forming an organic resist pattern on the cured layer, and

a step of etching processing the cured layer and the workpiece substrate using the organic resist pattern as a mask.

10 . A method for producing an imprint mold, wherein the imprint mold is produced by using the pattern forming method according to claim 6 .

11 . A method for producing a semiconductor device, wherein the semiconductor device is produced by using the pattern forming method according to claim 6 .