Rinse composition, a method for forming resist patterns and a method for making semiconductor devices

1. A rinse composition comprising a surfactant represented by below formula (I), a C 2 -C 16 diol derivative, and water,

wherein X is an oxygen, nitrogen or carbon,

R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or C 1-5 alkyl,

Y is a hydrogen, fluorine, or C 1-5 alkyl,

each Z is independently hydrogen, fluorine, or C 1-5 alkyl,

or Y and Z are taken together to form a single bond,

l is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5,

m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and

n is 0, 1 or 2 and

wherein the diol derivative is represented by below formula (II),

wherein R 4 , R 5 R 6 and R 7 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or C 1-5 alkyl,

L 1 and L 2 are independently C 1-5 alkane linker, C 2-4 alkene linker or C 2-4 alkyne linker,

L 1 and L 2 are independently unsubstituted, or substituted by fluorine, C 1-5 alkyl, or hydroxyl, and

o is 0, 1 or 2.

2. The rinse composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the surfactant represented by formula (I) is on or more than 0.01 and on or less than 0.5 mass % in the rinse composition.

3. The rinse composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the diol derivative is on or more than 0.01 and on or less than 0.5 mass % in the rinse composition.

4. The rinse composition according to claim 1 , wherein the rinse composition further comprises at least one additional component selected from acids, bases, surfactants other than the surfactant represented by formula (I) and an organic solvent other than the diol derivative represented by formula (II).

5. The rinse composition according to claim 1 , wherein the rinse composition further comprises at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of fungicides, antimicrobial agents, preservatives and antifungal agents.

6. The rinse composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant represented by formula (I) is Bis(1,1,2,2,3,3,3-heptafluoro-1-propanesulfonyl)imide, Bis(1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonyl)imide, 1,1,2,2,3,3-Hexafluoropropane-1,3-disulfonylmide, Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, Nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonamide, Nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid, Bis(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethanesulfonyl)imide, or a mixture thereof, and

the diol derivative represented by formula (II) is 3-Hexyn-2,5-diol, 2,5-Dimethyl-3-hexyne-2,5-diol, 3,6-Dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol, 1,4-Butynediol, 2,4-Hexadiyne-1,6-diol, 1,4-Butanediol, 2,2,3,3-Tetrafluoro-1,4-butanediol, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-Octafluoro-1,6-hexanediol, cis-1,4-Dihydroxy-2-butene, or a mixture thereof.

7. A method for forming resist patterns, comprising;

(1) applying a photosensitive resin composition on a substrate or one or more other layers on the substrate to make a photosensitive resin composition layer,

(2) exposing the photosensitive resin composition layer,

(3) developing the exposed photosensitive resin composition layer, and

(4) rinsing the developed layer with the rinse composition according to claim 1 .

8. The method for forming resist patterns according to claim 7 , wherein the photosensitive resin composition is a chemically amplified photosensitive resin composition and the exposure is an exposure with extreme ultra violet radiation.

9. The method for forming resist patterns according to claim 7 , wherein the finest pitch size of the resist pattern on one whole circuit unit is on or more than 10 nm to on or less than 20 nm.

10. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising the method for forming resist patterns according to claim 7 .

11. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 10 , further comprising;

making gaps of the substrate with using the formed resist patterns as a mask.