IP Library Granted Patent US 7,709,182
Granted Patent B2
US 7,709,182 · App. 11/792,077 · Granted May 4, 2010

Composition for forming antireflection film, layered product, and method of forming resist pattern

Assignee: JSR Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,709,182
App. No.
11/792,077
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antireflection film-forming composition which has excellent applicability, is significantly inhibited from generating ultrafine microbubbles, gives an antireflection film capable of sufficiently reducing the standing-wave effect, and has excellent solubility in water and an alkaline developing solution. The antireflection film-forming composition contains: (A) a copolymer (salt) of a sulfonic acid group-containing acrylamide derivative represented by, e.g., 2-(meth)acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and a fluoroalkyl group-containing acrylic acid ester derivative represented by, e.g., 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl (meth)acrylate; and (B) a surfactant whose 0.1 wt. % aqueous solution has a surface tension as measured at 25° C. of 45 mN/m or lower.

Claims (45)

1. An antireflection film-forming composition comprising:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer; and

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1% b by weight being 45 mN/m or less:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

2. The antireflection film composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a solvent comprising water and/or a monovalent alcohol.

3. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the component (B) is 0.001 to 50% by weight in relation to the component (A).

4. The antireflection film composition according to claim 3 , further comprising a solvent comprising water and/or a monovalent alcohol.

5. An antireflection film-forming composition comprising:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer;

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1% by weight being 45 mN/m or less; and

(C) a fluoroalkylsulfonic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof and/or a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

6. The antireflection film composition according to claim 5 , further comprising a solvent comprising water and/or a monovalent alcohol.

7. The antireflection film-forming composition according to claim 5 , wherein the content of the component (B) is 0.001 to 50% by weight in relation to the component (A) and the content of the component (C) is 0.001 to 50% by weight in relation to the component (B).

8. The antireflection film composition according to claim 7 , further comprising a solvent comprising water and/or a monovalent alcohol.

9. A layered product fabricated by forming on a resist coating film an antireflection film formed of an antireflection film-forming composition, wherein the antireflection film-forming composition comprises:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer; and

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1% b by weight being 45 mN/m or less:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

10. A method of forming a resist pattern on a substrate, the method comprising:

forming a resist coating film formed on a substrate;

forming, on said resist coating film, an antireflection film from an antireflection film-forming composition and thereafter irradiating said resist coating film with radiation in a predetermined pattern and then conducting development to remove said antireflection film, wherein the antireflection film-forming composition comprises:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer, and

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1%b by weight being 45 mN/m or less:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

11. The method of forming a resist pattern according to claim 10 , wherein the antireflection film and the resist coating film are simultaneously removed at the time of the development by conducting the development with an alkaline developer.

12. A layered product fabricated by forming on a resist coating film an antireflection film formed of an antireflection film-forming composition, wherein the antireflection film-forming composition comprises:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer;

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1% by weight being 45 mN/m or less; and

(C) a fluoroalkylsulfonic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof and/or a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

13. A method of forming a resist pattern on a substrate, the method comprising:

forming a resist coating film on a substrate;

forming, on said resist coating film, an antireflection film from an antireflection film-forming composition, and thereafter irradiating said resist coating film with radiation in a predetermined pattern and then conducting development to remove said antireflection film, wherein the antireflection film-forming composition comprises:

(A) a copolymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (1) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (2) and/or a salt of the copolymer;

(B) a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant, fluorine-containing cationic surfactant or fluorine-containing amphoteric surfactant, the surface tension of an aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C. and at a concentration of 0.1% by weight being 45 mN/m or less; and

(C) a fluoroalkylsulfonic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof and/or a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof:

wherein in formula (1) R 1 a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R 2 represents a divalent organic group; and

wherein in formula (2) R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group, and X represents a direct bond, an alkylene group or a fluoroalkylene group.

14. The method of forming a resist pattern according to claim 13 , wherein that the antireflection film and the resist coating film are simultaneously removed at the time of the development by conducting the development with an alkaline developer.

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 Jul 6, 2007
From: YOSHIMURA, NAKAATSU; KONNO, KEIJI
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019523/0103 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-350632 · Dec 3, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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