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Salt suitable for an acid generator and a chemically amplified resist composition containing the same

US7531686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2006
Grant dateMay 12, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2603/74
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a salt of the formula (I):wherein ring X represents polycyclic hydrocarbon group having tricycle or more and having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and one or more hydrogen atom in the ring X is optionally substituted with alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or cyano group; Q1 and Q2 each independently represent fluorine atom or perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n shows an integer of 1 to 12; and A+ represents a cation selected from the group consist of a cation of the following formulae (IIa), (IIb) and (IIc):The present invention also provides a chemically amplified resist composition comprising the salt of the formula (I).

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