IP Library Patent Application 13955435
Patent Application
App. No. 13/955,435

PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION

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13/955,435
Abstract

A photoresist composition includes a base polymer, a polymer and an acid generator. The base polymer includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group. The polymer includes a second structural unit that includes an acid-labile group, and has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the base polymer. The photoresist composition is developed using an organic solvent. The second structural unit is represented by a formula (1) or a formula (2). R 1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. Z 1 is a divalent monocyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or a divalent polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. R 3 is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.

Claims (24)

1 . A photoresist composition comprising:

a base polymer that includes a first structural unit that includes an acid-labile group;

a polymer that includes a second structural unit that includes an acid-labile group, and has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the base polymer; and

an acid generator,

the photoresist composition being developed using an organic solvent,

the second structural unit being represented by a formula (1) or a formula (2),

wherein

R 1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group,

Z 1 is a divalent monocyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or a divalent polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms,

R 2 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group, and

R 3 is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.

2 . The photoresist composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first structural unit is a structural unit represented by a formula (3) or a formula (4),

wherein

R 4 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group,

R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,

n is 0 or 1,

R 6 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group,

R 7 is an alkyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and

Z 2 is a divalent monocyclic hydrocarbon group having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or a divalent polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 7 to 15 carbon atoms.

3 . The photoresist composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer further includes a third structural unit represented by a formula (5),

wherein

R 8 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group,

X is a linking group, and

R 9 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein some or all of the hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group or the alicyclic hydrocarbon group represented by R 9 are substituted with a substituent, at least one substituent that substitutes some or all of the hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group or the alicyclic hydrocarbon group represented by R 9 being a fluorine atom.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2013
From: SAKAKIBARA, HIROKAZU; MIYATA, HIROMU; FURUKAWA, TAIICHI; ITO, KOJI
To: JSR CORPORATION
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