IP Library Granted Patent US 7,955,782
Granted Patent B2
US 7,955,782 · App. 12/234,849 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Bottom antireflective coatings exhibiting enhanced wet strip rates, bottom antireflective coating compositions for forming bottom antireflective coatings, and methods for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,955,782
App. No.
12/234,849
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Bottom antireflective coating (BARC) that exhibit enhanced wet strip rates, BARC compositions for fabricating such BARCs, and methods for manufacturing such BARC compositions are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, a bottom antireflective coating (BARC) composition comprises an inorganic-based compound, an absorbing material, and a wet strip-rate modifier combination. The wet strip-rate modifier composition comprises a combination of a short chain linear alcohol and dipropylene glycol (DPG), a combination of the short chain linear alcohol and tetraethylene glycol (TEG), a combination of DPG and TEG, or a combination of the short chain linear alcohol, DPG, and TEG.

Claims (17)

1. A bottom antireflective coating (BARC) composition comprising:

a silicon-comprising material;

an absorbing material that absorbs light in the ultraviolet range; and

a wet strip-rate modifier combination comprising a combination of dipropylene glycol (DPG) and tetraethylene glycol (TEG).

2. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the wet strip-rate modifier combination further comprises n-propanol.

3. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the wet strip-rate modifier combination further comprises ethanol.

4. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the wet strip-rate modifier combination comprises from about 1 to about 15 wt. % of the BARC composition of DPG.

5. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the wet strip-rate modifier combination comprises from about 0.05 to about 10 wt. % of the BARC composition of TEG.

6. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the wet strip-rate modifier combination further comprises a dopant.

7. The BARC composition of claim 6 , wherein the dopant is phosphorous, boron, or a combination thereof.

8. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the BARC composition further comprises a material modification agent selected from the group consisting of an adhesion promoter, a pH tuning agent, a catalyst, a cross-linking agent, a high-boiling point solvent, a capping agent, and a combination thereof.

9. The BARC composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-comprising material is a siloxane, a silsesquioxane, a silicate, a silazane, or a combination thereof.

10. A bottom antireflective coating (BARC) comprising:

a siloxane, a silsesquioxane, a silicate, a silazane, or a combination thereof;

an absorbing material that absorbs light in the ultraviolet range;

dipropylene glycol (DPG) and tetraethylene glycol (TEG), or the combination of dipropylene glycol (DPG) and tetraethylene glycol (TEG), or the combination of a short chain linear alcohol, and tetraethylene glycol (TEG) wherein the short chain linear alcohol is selected from a group consisting of ethanol, n-propanol and combinations thereof; and

a dopant selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, boron, and a combination thereof.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS US, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074569/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2008
From: MUKHOPADHYAY, SUDIP; KENNEDY, JOSEPH; PANDEY, YAMINI; SEPA, JELENA
To: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 021563/0685 →