IP Library Granted Patent US 7,413,843
Granted Patent B2
US 7,413,843 · App. 11/641,654 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

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

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Patent No.
US 7,413,843
App. No.
11/641,654
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
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 (13)

1. A polymer compound comprising a unit represented by a general formula of the following Chemical Formula 2 and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 500,000 or less:

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 at least one of R 5 and R 6 is a protecting group released by an acid.

2. A resist material comprising a base polymer containing a polymer compound including 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 at least one of R 5 and R 6 is a protecting group released by an acid.

3. The resist material of claim 2 ,

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

4. The resist material of claim 3 ,

wherein said acetal group is an alkoxyethyl group or an alkoxymethyl group.

5. The resist material of claim 4 ,

wherein said alkoxyethyl group is an adamantyloxyethyl group, a t-butyloxyethyl group, an ethoxyethyl group or a methoxyethyl group, and

said alkoxymethyl group is an adamantyloxymethyl group, a t-butyloxymethyl group, an ethoxymethyl group or a methoxymethyl group.

6. The resist material of claim 2 , further comprising an acid generator for generating an acid through irradiation with light.

7. The resist material of claim 6 , further comprising a dissolution inhibitor for inhibiting dissolution of said base polymer.

Assignments (3)
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 →