IP Library Granted Patent US 12,681,389
Granted Patent B2
US 12,681,389 · App. 18/017,977 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition

Inventors: Shou Shimizu (Toyama, JP); Mamoru Tamura (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
G03F7/11C08G63/688H10P76/2041
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Patent No.
US 12,681,389
App. No.
18/017,977
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition for forming a resist underlayer film that enables formation of an intended resist pattern, and a method for producing a resist pattern and a method for producing a semiconductor device, each of which uses said composition for forming a resist underlayer film. A composition for forming an EUV resist underlayer film includes: a compound represented by formula (1); a polymer; and an organic solvent. (In formula (1), Y1 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-10 alkylene group which may be substituted with a C6-40 aryl group, or a sulfonyl group, T1 and T2 each represent a C1-10 alkyl group, R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-10 alkyl group which is substituted with at least one hydroxy group, and n1 and n2 each independently represent an integer of 0-4).

Claims (25)

1 . An EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition comprising:

a compound represented by the following formula (1):

wherein:

Y 1 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally being substituted with a halogen atom or an aryl group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, or a sulfonyl group,

T 1 and T 2 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 1 and R 2 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and being substituted with at least one hydroxy group, and

n1 and n2 independently represent an integer of 0 to 4,

a polymer, wherein the polymer has an end blocked by a compound containing an aliphatic ring that optionally bas a carbon-carbon bond interrupted by a heteroatom and is optionally substituted with a substituent, and

an organic solvent.

2 . The EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein Y 1 is a sulfonyl group.

3 . The EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises a heterocyclic structure.

4 . The EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a crosslinking agent.

5 . The EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a crosslinking catalyst.

6 . An EUV resist underlayer film which is a baked product of an applied film comprising the EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 .

7 . A method for producing a patterned substrate, comprising the steps of:

applying the EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 onto a semiconductor substrate and baking the applied composition to form an EUV resist underlayer film;

applying an EUV resist onto the EUV resist underlayer film and baking the applied resist to form an EUV resist film;

irradiating the semiconductor substrate covered with the EUV resist underlayer film and the EUV resist with a light or an electron beam; and

subjecting the exposed EUV resist film to development and patterning.

8 . A method for producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming an EUV resist underlayer film comprising the EUV resist underlayer film-forming composition according to claim 1 on a semiconductor substrate;

forming an EUV resist film on the EUV resist underlayer film;

irradiating the EUV resist film with a light or an electron beam followed by development to form an EUV resist pattern;

subjecting the EUV resist underlayer film to etching through the formed EUV resist pattern to form a patterned EUV resist underlayer film; and

processing the semiconductor substrate using the patterned EUV resist underlayer film.