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Photoresist composition

US5846688A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 1996
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/121
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A positive-working photoresist composition which exhibits a high sensitivity and a high resolution in addition to excellent characteristics such as heat resistance, film retention ratio, coatability and profile; PA1 which comprises an alkali-soluble resin comprising a polyvinylphenol resin which is polyvinylphenol and/or its partially hydrogenated product in which the phenolic hydroxyl groups are partially alkyletherified and partially protected; PA1 and a sulfonate of a N-hydroxyimide compound as an acid generator.

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