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Pattern forming method using resist underlayer film

US9793131B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2014
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F8/14
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pattern forming method which uses a resist underlayer film having resistance to a basic aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution. A pattern forming method including: a first step of applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition containing a solvent and a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 and an epoxy group on a semiconductor substrate that may have an inorganic film on the surface, followed by baking, to form a resist underlayer film; a second step of forming a resist pattern on the resist underlayer film; a third step of dry etching the resist underlayer film using the resist pattern as a mask to expose a surface of the inorganic film or the semiconductor substrate; and a fourth step of wet etching the inorganic film or the semiconductor substrate using the dry-etched resist underlayer film as a mask and a basic aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution.

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