IP Library Granted Patent US 9,690,192
Granted Patent B2
US 9,690,192 · App. 14/691,043 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Composition for base, and directed self-assembly lithography method

Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu (Tokyo, JP); Takehiko Naruoka (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Minegishi (Tokyo, JP); Kaori Sakai (Tokyo, JP); Tomoki Nagai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
G03F7/0002B05D3/064C09D125/14H01L21/027H01L21/0332H01L21/3065C08L2201/56
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Patent No.
US 9,690,192
App. No.
14/691,043
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composition for a base of a directed self-assembling film includes a compound including an oxo acid group, and a solvent. The compound is preferably represented by formula (1). A represents an organic group having 10 or more carbon atoms and having a valency of n. B represents an oxo acid group. n is an integer of 1 to 200. In a case where n is 2 or greater, a plurality of Bs are identical or different. A B) n   (1)

Claims (27)

1. A directed self-assembly lithography method comprising:

subjecting a substrate to a base treatment using a composition, the substrate comprising a silicon atom or being coated with a metal-containing film provided on a surface of the substrate;

overlaying a directed self-assembling film comprising a plurality of phases on the substrate subjected to the base treatment; and

removing at least a part of the plurality of phases of the directed self-assembling film,

wherein the composition comprises:

a compound comprising an oxo acid group which is a phosphoric acid group, a phosphono group, a sulfo group, a sulfuric acid group, a carboxy group, or a combination thereof; and

a solvent,

wherein the compound is represented by formula (1):

A B) n   (1)

wherein, in the formula (1), A represents an organic group having 10 or more carbon atoms and having a valency of n; B represents the oxo acid group; and n is an integer of 1 to 200, wherein in a case where n is 2 or greater, a plurality of Bs are identical or different, and

wherein when n is 1, A represents a polymer or a chain organic group, and the oxo acid group binds to an end of a main chain of the polymer or the chain organic group, and when n is an integer of 2 to 200, the compound is a copolymer comprising a first monomer unit which comprises the oxo acid group and a second monomer unit other than the first monomer unit, and an amount of the first monomer unit with respect to a total of monomer units in the copolymer is from 0.01 to 20 mol %.

2. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a prepattern on the substrate subjected to the base treatment,

wherein the directed self-assembling film is overlaid after forming the prepattern.

3. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises an acid generating agent.

4. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), n is 1.

5. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), n is an integer of 2 to 200.

6. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises the silicon atom.

7. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is coated with the metal-containing film.

8. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the formula (1), A represents a substituted or unsubstituted chain hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and having a valency of n, or a substituted or unsubstituted hetero atom-containing group that comprises a hetero atom between two adjacent carbon atoms of the chain hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

9. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the formula (1), A represents a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and having a valency of n, or a substituted or unsubstituted hetero atom-containing group that comprises a hetero atom between two adjacent carbon atoms of the alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

10. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the formula (1), A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and having a valency of n, or a substituted or unsubstituted hetero atom-containing group that comprises a hetero atom between two adjacent carbon atoms of the aromatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

11. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein an upper limit of a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the compound as determined by gel permeation chromatography is 30,000.

12. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein an upper limit of a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the compound as determined by gel permeation chromatography is 15,000.

13. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the compound in a total solid content of the composition is no less than 70% by mass.

14. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the compound in a total solid content of the composition is no less than 85% by mass.

15. The directed self-assembly lithography method according to claim 1 , wherein n is 1, and the organic group is obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer in a presence of a chain transfer agent and a radical polymerization initiator in a solvent, wherein the chain transfer agent comprises a compound having the oxo acid group and a mercapto group at an end of the compound.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: JSR CORPORATION
To: JICC-02, CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 075191/0149 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: JICC-02 CO., LTD
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075192/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2015
From: KOMATSU, HIROYUKI; NARUOKA, TAKEHIKO; MINEGISHI, SHINYA; SAKAI, KAORI; NAGAI, TOMOKI
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035450/0180 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-087752 · Apr 21, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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