IP Library Granted Patent US 7,514,205
Granted Patent B2
US 7,514,205 · App. 11/376,146 · Granted Apr 7, 2009

Composition for forming antireflection film, laminate, and method for forming resist pattern

Assignee: JSR Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,514,205
App. No.
11/376,146
Granted
Apr 7, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antireflection film-forming composition having excellent coatability, capable of significantly inhibiting production of fine microbubbles and capable of forming an antireflection film with a sufficiently decreased standing-wave effect, and having excellent solubility in water and alkaline developers is provided. The composition comprises a polymer having at least one polymerization unit with a hydroxyl group-containing organic group on the side chain, preferably a copolymer having at least one recurring unit of the following formula (2) and/or at least one recurring unit of the following formula (3) and at least one recurring unit of the following formula (4), and/or a salt thereof: wherein R 1 and R 2 represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a monovalent organic group, m is an integer of 1-20, and A represents a divalent coupling means.

Claims (14)

1. An antireflection film-forming composition comprising a copolymer having at least one recurring unit of the following formula (2) and/or at least one recurring unit of the following formula (3) and at least one recurring unit of the following formula (4):

wherein R1 and R2 individually represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a monovalent organic group and m is an integer of 1-20,

wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a monovalent organic group and A represents a divalent coupling means.

2. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the recurring unit represented by the formula (4) has at least one recurring unit originating from a compound selected from the group consisting of vinylsulfonic acid, allylsulfonic acid, and 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid.

3. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a surfactant.

4. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 3 , wherein the surfactant has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 0.01 wt % or more.

5. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 4 , wherein the surfactant is added in an amount of 0.001-50 wt % for the amount of the polymer.

6. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 4 , wherein the surfactant is added in an amount of 0.001-50 wt % for the amount of the polymer.

7. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 2 , further comprising a surfactant.

8. A laminate comprising a resist film and an antireflection film formed from the antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 1 on the resist film.

9. A laminate comprising a resist film and an antireflection film formed from the antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 2 on the resist film.

10. A process of forming a resist pattern by forming a resist film on the surface of a substrate comprising previously forming an antireflection film from the antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 1 on the resist film, exposing the resist film to radiation to form a prescribed pattern, developing the resist film, and removing the antireflection film.

11. The process according to claim 10 , wherein the resist film is developed using an alkaline developer to remove simultaneously both the antireflection film and the resist film in the development process.

12. A process of forming a resist pattern by forming a resist film on the surface of a substrate, comprising previously forming an antireflection film from the antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 2 on the resist film, exposing the resist film to radiation to form a prescribed pattern, developing the resist film, and removing the antireflection film.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: JSR CORPORATION
To: JICC-02, CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 075191/0149 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: JICC-02 CO., LTD
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075192/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2006
From: YOSHIMURA, NAKAATSU; KONNO, KEIJI; NATSUME, NORIHIRO
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017770/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-078127 · Mar 17, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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