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US 7,651,834 · App. 11/746,747 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Photosensitive compound, photosensitive composition, method for resist pattern formation, and process for device production

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,651,834
App. No.
11/746,747
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process for forming a resist pattern comprises the steps of applying on a substrate to form a photosensitive resist layer a photosensitive composition comprising at least one photosensitive compound having, in the molecule, two or more structural units represented by C 6 R 2-6 —CHR 1 —OR 7 or C 6 R 2-6 —CHR 1 —COOR 7 where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, at least one of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 is a nitro group, and others are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl, an alkoxy, a phenyl, a naphthyl, and an alkyl in which a part or the entire of hydrogen atoms are substituted by a fluorine atom, and R 7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene or naphthylene group dissolved in an organic solvent, irradiating the resist layer selectively with a radiation ray, and developing a portion irradiated by the ray to form a pattern of the resist layer.

Claims (12)

1. A process for forming a resist pattern comprising the steps of:

applying a photosensitive composition comprising at least one compound dissolved in an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of

a photosensitive compound having, in the molecule, two or more structural units represented by General Formula (1):

 where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; at least one of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 is a nitro group, and others are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl, an alkoxy, a phenyl, a naphthyl, and an alkyl in which a part or the entire of hydrogen atoms are substituted by a fluorine atom; and R 7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene or naphthylene group, and

a photosensitive compound having, in the molecule, two or more structural units represented by General Formula (6):

 where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; at least one of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 is a nitro group, and others are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl, an alkoxy, a phenyl, a naphthyl, and an alkyl in which a part or the entire of hydrogen atoms are substituted by a fluorine atom; and R 7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene or naphthylene group, on a substrate to form a photosensitive resist layer,

irradiating the resist layer selectively with a radiation ray, and

developing a portion irradiated by the ray to form a pattern of the resist layer.

2. The process for forming a resist pattern according to claim 1 , wherein a resist layer capable of being removed by plasma etching and another resist layer resistant to plasma etching are laminated, and the photosensitive resist layer is formed on the layer resistant to plasma etching.

3. The process for forming a resist pattern according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive resist layer is formed in a thickness not more than 20 nm.

4. The process for forming a resist pattern according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiation of the radiation ray is conducted with near-field light.

5. A process for producing a device, in which the device is formed on a substrate by the process for forming a resist pattern set forth in claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2007
From: ITO, TOSHIKI; YAMAGUCHI, TAKAKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 019275/0826 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2006-161524 · Jun 9, 2006 · national
JP 2007-027368 · Feb 6, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070287105A1 · Dec 13, 2007