US5073474A
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Radiation-sensitive mixture containing acid labile groups and production of relief patterns
Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1989-05-16
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Granted: 1991-12-17
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Expires: 2009-05-16
Abstract
Abstract A radiation sensitive mixture suitable for producing relief patterns contains (a) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and (b) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of acid and which contains at least one acid cleavable group and additionally a group which forms a strong acid on irradiation, wherein the polymeric binder (a) contains from 5 to 35 mol % of monomer units having acid labile groups as copolymerized or cocondensed units or acid labile groups introduced by polymer analaogous reaction.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhold Schwalm
- 👤 Horst Binder
- 👤 Andreas Boettcher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:14
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/06; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/0045; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/1053; Y10S430/1055; Y10S430/106; Y10S430/111; Y10S430/114; Y10S430/115; Y10S430/122; Y10S430/167; Y10S430/168
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A radiation sensitive mixture containing (a) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and (b) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of acid and which contains at least one acid cleavable group and additionally a group which forms a strong acid on irradiation, wherein the polymeric binder (a) contains from 5 to 35 mol % of monomer units having acid labile groups as copolymerized or cocondensed units or the acid labile groups introduced by polymer modification reaction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
A radiation sensitive mixture containing (a) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and (b) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of acid and which contains at least one acid cleavable group and additionally a group which forms a strong acid on irradiation, wherein the polymeric binder (a) contains from 5 to 35 mol % of monomer units having acid labile groups as copolymerized or cocondensed units or the acid labile groups introduced by polymer modification reaction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1, wherein the acid labile groups of polymeric binder (a) are tert-butyl ester, t-butyl carbonate and/or silyl ether groups.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1, wherein polymeric binder (a) is a phenolic resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 3, wherein the phenolic resin is a novolak.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 3, wherein the phenolic resin is a copolymer of p-hydroxystyrene or p-hydroxy-α-methylstyrene with a monomer that carries acid labile groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1, wherein polymeric binder (a) is a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid/tert-butyl methacrylate copolymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
114 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1, containing as organic compound (b) at least one compound of the general formula (I) ##STR3## where R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are identical to or different from one another and each is singly acyclyl or aryl which may contain heteroatoms, or two of R 1 to R 3 together form a ring, with the proviso that at least one of R 1 to R 3 contains one or more acid cleavable groups, one of R 1 to R 3 can be linked to one or more further sulfonium salt residues directly or via acid cleavable groups, and X.sup.⊖ is a nonnucleophilic counterion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1, wherein organic compound (b) is a dimethyl-4-t-butoxycarbonyloxyphenylsulfonium salt, a phenylbis(4-t-butoxycarbonyloxyphenyl)sulfonium salt, a tris(4-t-butoxycarbonyloxyphenyl)sulfonium salt or a (1-(4-trimethylsilyloxy-)naphthyl-)thiolanium salt with hexafluoroarsenate, hexafluoroantimonate, hexafluorophosphate or tetrafluoroborate as counterion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process for producing relief patterns and relief images, which comprises spincoating a solution of a radiation sensitive mixture as defined in claim 1 onto a wafer to form a resist film, baking the coating wafer to dry the wafer, irradiating the film imagewise with X-rays, electron beams or UV radiation, heating the irradiated film to a temperature
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 9, wherein the wafer is dried by baking at from 80° to 90° C. for from 1 to 5 minutes.
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