IP Library Granted Patent US 7,166,418
Granted Patent B2
US 7,166,418 · App. 10/932,316 · Granted Jan 23, 2007

Sulfonamide compound, polymer compound, resist material and pattern formation method

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Patent No.
US 7,166,418
App. No.
10/932,316
Granted
Jan 23, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base polymer of a resist material includes a unit represented by a general formula of the following Chemical Formula 3: wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20; R 4 is a straight-chain alkylene group or a branched or cyclic alkylene group with a carbon number not less than 0 and not more than 20; and R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group, a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20, or a protecting group released by an acid.

Claims (37)

1. A pattern formation method comprising the steps of:

forming a resist film made of a resist material containing a base polymer including a polymer compound having a unit represented by a general formula of the following Chemical Formula 4;

performing pattern exposure by selectively irradiating said resist film with exposing light of high energy beams of a wavelength not shorter than a 100 nm band and not longer than a 300 nm band or not shorter than a 1 nm band and not longer than a 30 nm band or electron beams; and

forming a resist pattern by developing said resist film after the pattern exposure:

wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20; R 4 is a straight-chain alkylene group or a branched or cyclic alkylene group with a carbon number not less than 0 and not more than 20; and R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20, or a protecting group released by an acid.

2. The pattern formation method of claim 1 ,

wherein said protecting group released by an acid is an acetal group.

3. The pattern formation method of claim 1 ,

wherein said resist material further includes an acid generator for generating an acid through irradiation with light.

4. The pattern formation method of claim 3

wherein said resist material further includes a dissolution inhibitor for inhibiting dissolution of said base polymer.

5. The pattern formation method of claim 1 ,

wherein said exposing light is KrF laser, ArF laser, F 2 laser, Kr 2 laser, KrAr laser, Ar 2 laser or soft X-rays.

6. The pattern formation method of claim 1 ,

wherein said resist film has transmittance of 40% or more against said exposing light.

7. The pattern formation method of claim 1 ,

wherein said base polymer has a trifluoromethyl group on a side chain thereof.

8. A pattern formation method comprising the steps of:

forming a resist film made of a resist material containing a base polymer including a polymer compound having a unit represented by a general formula of the following Chemical Formula 5;

supplying a liquid onto said resist film;

performing pattern exposure, with said liquid provided on said resist film, by selectively irradiating said resist film with exposing light of high energy beams of a wavelength not shorter than a 100 nm band and not longer than a 300 nm band or not shorter than a 1 nm band and not longer than a 30 nm band or electron beams; and

forming a resist pattern by developing said resist film after the pattern exposure:

wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20; R 4 is a straight-chain alkylene group or a branched or cyclic alkylene group with a carbon number not less than 0 and not more than 20; and R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group with a carbon number not less than 1 and not more than 20, or a protecting group released by an acid.

9. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said protecting group released by an acid is an acetal group.

10. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said resist material further includes an acid generator for generating an acid through irradiation with light.

11. The pattern formation method of claim 10 ,

wherein said resist material further includes a dissolution inhibitor for inhibiting dissolution of said base polymer.

12. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said exposing light is KrF laser, ArF laser, F 2 laser, Kr 2 laser, KrAr laser, Ar 2 laser or soft X-rays.

13. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said liquid is water or perfluoropolyether.

14. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said resist film has transmittance of 40% or more against said exposing light.

15. The pattern formation method of claim 8 ,

wherein said base polymer has a trifluoromethyl group on a side chain thereof.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2020
From: PANNOVA SEMIC, LLC
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053755/0859 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANNOVA SEMIC, LLC
Reel/Frame 036065/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2014
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033777/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2004
From: KISHIMURA, SHINJI; ENDO, MASAYUKI; SASAGO, MASARU; UEDA, MITSURU; IMORI, HIROKAZU; FUKUHARA, TOSHIAKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016013/0480 →