IP Library Granted Patent US 11,156,920
Granted Patent B2
US 11,156,920 · App. 16/462,972 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

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

Inventors: Kazuma Yamamoto (Kakegawa, JP); Maki Ishii (Kakegawa, JP); Tomoyasu Yashima (Kakegawa, JP); Tatsuro Nagahara (Kakegawa, JP)
Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
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Patent No.
US 11,156,920
App. No.
16/462,972
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a new lithography composition, the forming of resist patterns using the lithography composition, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the lithography composition in a photolithography method.

Claims (20)

1. A lithography method for forming resist patterns comprising applying a rinse composition comprising a lithography material, water and a surfactant represented by the formula (I) below,

which is selected from the group consisting of:

and a mixture thereof

to a substrate,

wherein the method comprises

(1) applying a photosensitive resin composition on a substrate, with or without one or more intervening layers, to make a photosensitive resin composition layer,

(2) exposing the photosensitive resin composition layer to radiation,

(3) developing the exposed photosensitive resin composition layer to form a developed layer with resist patterns, and

(4) rinsing the developed layer with the rinse composition and wherein the lithography material is selected from the group consisting of 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, and any mixture of any of these.

2. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive resin composition is a chemically amplified photosensitive resin composition and the exposure is an exposure with extreme ultra violet radiation.

3. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , 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.

4. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising the lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 .

5. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 4 , further comprising;

making gaps in the substrate by using the formed resist patterns as a mask.

6. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the surfactant represented by formula (I) is on or more than 0.005 and on or less than 0.5 mass % in the rinse composition.

7. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the lithography material is on or more than 0.01 and on or less than 0.5 mass % in the rinse composition.

8. The lithography method for forming resist patterns 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 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, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,4-Octafluoro-1,6-hexanediol, cis-1,4-Dihydroxy-2-butene, and any mixture of any of these.

9. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the rinse composition further comprises at least one additional component selected from fungicides, antimicrobial agents, preservatives and antifungal agents.

10. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the water is present in the rinse composition from 80 to 99.98 mass %.

11. The lithography method for forming resist patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the water is present in the rinse composition from 95 to 99.98 mass %.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: RIDGEFIELD ACQUISITION
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 053323/0591 →
CHANGE OF LEGAL ENTITY Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS S.À R.L.
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0760 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2019
From: YAMAMOTO, KAZUMA; ISHII, MAKI; YASHIMA, TOMOYASU; NAGAHARA, TATSURO
To: RIDGEFIELD ACQUISITION
Reel/Frame 049308/0115 →