IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,187,981
Granted Patent B2
US 11,187,981 · App. 16/220,852 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern

Inventors: Yoichi Hori (Kawasaki, JP); Yasuhiro Yoshii (Kawasaki, JP); Masahito Yahagi (Kawasaki, JP); Hitoshi Yamano (Kawasaki, JP); Takahiro Kojima (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,187,981
App. No.
16/220,852
Filed
Dec 14, 2018
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1737
USPC
430/270.1
Abstract

A resist composition including a resin component whose solubility in a developing solution is changed due to an action of an acid, in which the resin composition has a constitutional unit derived from a compound containing a chain-like aliphatic acid dissociable group or a monocyclic aliphatic acid dissociable group and a constitutional unit derived from a compound containing an aromatic hydrocarbon group-containing acid dissociable group.

Claims (16)

1. A resist composition which generates an acid upon exposure and whose solubility in a developing solution is changed due to an action of the acid, the resist composition comprising:

a resin component (A1) whose solubility in a developing solution is changed due to the action of the acid,

wherein the resin component (A1) has a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-1) a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-2) and a constitutional unit represented by Formula (a10-1),

wherein the proportion of the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-1) in the resin component (A1) is in a range of 5% to 60% by mole with respect to 100% by mole of the total of the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-1), the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-2) and constitutional unit represented by Formula (a10-1),

wherein the proportion of the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-2) in the resin component (A1) is in a range of 1% to 55% by mole with respect to 100% by mole of the total of the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-1), the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-2) and the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a10-1), and

wherein the proportion of the constitutional unit represented by Formula (a10-1) in the resin component (A1) is in a range of 20% to 80% by mole with respect to 100% by mole of the total of the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-1), the constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by Formula (a0-2) and the constitutional unit represented by Formula (a10-1):

wherein W represents a polymerizable group-containing group, and Ra 01 represents an acid dissociable group represented by Formula (a01-r-1) or (a01-r-2):

wherein Ra 011 to Ra 013 each independently represents an unsubstituted linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ra 014 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ra 015 represents a group that forms a monocyclic aliphatic cyclic group together with a carbon atom to which Ra 014 is bonded, and the symbol “*” represents a bonding site;

wherein W represents a polymerizable group-containing group, and Ra 02 represents an acid dissociable group represented by Formula (a02-r-1):

wherein Ra 021 and Ra 022 each independently represents a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ra 023 represents a benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a 1-naphthylmethyl group, a 2-naphthylmethyl group, a 1-naphthylethyl group, a 2-naphthylethyl group, or a group in which one hydrogen atom has been removed from benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, biphenyl, fluorene, pyridine or thiophene, and the symbol “*” represents a bonding site

wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ya x1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, Wa x1 represents an (n ax1 +1)-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and n ax1 represents an integer of 1 or greater.

2. A method of forming a resist pattern, comprising:

forming a resist film on a support using the resist composition according to claim 1 ;

exposing the resist film; and

developing the exposed resist film to form a resist pattern.

3. The method of forming a resist pattern according to claim 2 , wherein exposing the resist film comprises exposing the resist film to extreme ultraviolet rays (EUV) or electron beams (EB).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2019
From: HORI, YOICHI; YOSHII, YASUHIRO; YAHAGI, MASAHITO; YAMANO, HITOSHI; KOJIMA, TAKAHIRO
To: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-248498 · Dec 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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