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Polymers chemically amplified positive resist compositions, and patterning method

US6027854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1998
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/106
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1) is provided wherein some hydrogen atoms of phenolic hydroxyl groups and/or alcoholic hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups are replaced by acid labile groups. The polymer is crosslinked with a crosslinking group having a C--O--C linkage resulting from reaction of some of the remaining alcoholic hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups with an alkenyl ether compound or halogenated alkyl ether compound. The amount of the acid labile group and the crosslinking group combined is on the average from more than 0 mol % to 80 mol % of the entirety of the phenolic hydroxyl group, alcoholic hydroxyl group and carboxyl group. The polymer has Mw of 1,000-500,000. ##STR1## R.sup.1 is H or methyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, R.sup.3 is a divalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon group which may have a hetero atom, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are H or monovalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon groups which may have a hetero atom, x and y are integers satisfying x+y.ltoreq.5, x', y' and z' are integers satisfying x'+y'+z'.ltoreq.5, p, q and r are numbers satisfying 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.0.4, 0.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.0.4, 0.01.ltoreq.p+q.ltoreq.0.8, and p+q+r=1. A …

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