IP Library Granted Patent US 12,386,260
Granted Patent B2
US 12,386,260 · App. 17/713,278 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Radiation-sensitive resin composition, method of forming resist pattern, polymer, and compound

Inventors: Ryuichi Nemoto (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Okazaki (Tokyo, JP); Taiichi Furukawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
G03F7/0392G03F7/0045G03F7/2006G03F7/322
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Patent No.
US 12,386,260
App. No.
17/713,278
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a first polymer including a structural unit which includes an acid-labile group; a second polymer including a structural unit represented by formula (1); and a radiation-sensitive acid generator. R 1 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R 2 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The divalent organic group represented by X, the monovalent organic group represented by R 2 , or both has a fluorine atom.

Claims (38)

1. A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising:

a first polymer comprising a structural unit which comprises an acid-labile group;

a second polymer comprising:

a structural unit represented by formula (1); and

a structural unit which comprises an acid-labile group and which is represented by at least one formula selected from the group consisting of formula (2-1A), formula (2-1B), formula (2-2A), and formula (2-2B); and

a radiation-sensitive acid generator,

wherein, in the formula (1), one of R 1 and R 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group which is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; the other one of R 1 and R 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group which is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; provided that in a case where R 1 or R 2 comprises a methylene group, the methylene group is optionally replaced with an ester group, an ether group, or both; X represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein the divalent organic group represented by X, the monovalent organic group represented by R 2 , or both has a fluorine atom,

wherein R T represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; R X represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R Y and R Z each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R Y and R Z taken together represent an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms, together with the carbon atom to which R Y and R Z bond; R U represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R Y and R W each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R Y and R W taken together represent an aliphatic heterocyclic structure having 4 to 20 ring atoms, together with the carbon atom to which R″ bonds and the oxygen atom adjacent to the carbon atom.

2. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein

X represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, —X 1 —O—, or —X 2 —NH—, wherein

X 1 and X 2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

3. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms represented by X 1 and the divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 atoms represented by X 2 are each independently a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

4. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), condition (a), condition (b), or both is satisfied:

(a) X represents —X 1 —O—, or —X 2 —NH—, wherein X 1 and X 2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;

(b) R 1 , R 2 , or both represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group, an ether group, or both.

5. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), X represents —X 1 —O— or —X 2 —NH—, wherein X 1 and X 2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

6. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), R 1 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group, an ether group, or both.

7. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), R 2 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group.

8. A method of forming a resist pattern, the method comprising:

forming a resist film directly or indirectly on a substrate by applying the radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 ;

exposing the resist film; and

developing the resist film exposed.

9. A polymer comprising:

a structural unit represented by formula (1); and

a structural unit which comprises an acid-labile group and which is represented by at least one formula selected from the group consisting of formula (2-1A), formula (2-1B), formula (2-2A), and formula (2-2B):

wherein, in the formula (1), one of R 1 and R 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group which is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; the other one of R 1 and R 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group which is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; provided that in a case where R 1 or R 2 comprises a methylene group, the methylene group optionally replaced with an ester group, an ether group, or both; X represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein the divalent organic group represented by X, the monovalent organic group represented by R 2 , or both has a fluorine atom,

wherein R T represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; R X represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R Y and R Z each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R Y and R 2 taken together represent an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms, together with the carbon atom to which R Y and R Z bond; R U represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R Y and R W each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R Y and R W taken together represent an aliphatic heterocyclic structure having 4 to 20 ring atoms, together with the carbon atom to which R″ bonds and the oxygen atom adjacent to the carbon atom.

10. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the second polymer further comprises a structural unit which comprises a group represented by formula (m-12) and/or a group represented by formula (m-14):

11. The polymer according to claim 9 , further comprising a structural unit which comprises a group represented by formula (m-12) and/or a group represented by formula (m-14):

12. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the structural unit which comprises an acid-labile group in the second polymer is 10 to 50 mol % relative to total structural units in the second polymer.

13. The polymer according to claim 9 , wherein an amount of the structural unit which comprises an acid-labile group in the polymer is 10 to 50 mol % relative to total structural units in the polymer.

14. The polymer according to claim 9 , wherein in the formula (1), R 1 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group, an ether group, or both.

15. The polymer according to claim 9 , wherein in the formula (1), R 2 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group.

16. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms represented by R 2 is —(CH 2 ) 3 CF 2 (CF 3 ).

17. The polymer according to claim 9 , wherein the monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms represented by R 2 is (CH 2 ) 3 CF 2 (CF 3 ).

18. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein R 1 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group.

19. The polymer according to claim 9 , wherein R 1 represents a group in which at least one methylene group in a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having at least 2 carbon atoms is replaced with an ester group.

20. The radiation-sensitive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein R 2 represents an unsubstituted hydrocarbon group which is an unsubstituted monovalent chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 21, 2025
From: JSR CORPORATION
To: JICC-02 CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070894/0405 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2025
From: JICC-02 CO., LTD.
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070894/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: NEMOTO, RYUICHI; OKAZAKI, SATOSHI; FURUKAWA, TAIICHI
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059632/0186 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-185551 · Oct 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020032006 · Aug 25, 2020
Related Publication 20220229367A1 · Jul 21, 2022
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