US5756255A
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Undercoating composition for photolithography
Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-11-12
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Granted: 1998-05-26
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Expires: 2016-11-12
Abstract
Abstract Proposed is a novel undercoating composition used in the photolithographic patterning of a photoresist layer by intervening between the substrate surface and the photoresist layer to decrease the adverse influences of the reflecting light from the substrate surface. The undercoating composition of the invention comprises (a) a melamine compound substituted by methylol groups and/or alkoxymethyl groups and (b) a polyhydroxy benzophenone compound, diphenyl sulfone compound or diphenyl sulfoxide compound, optionally, with admixture of (c) an alkali-insoluble resin of a (meth)acrylic acid ester.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuru Sato
- 👤 Katsumi Oomori
- 👤 Kiyoshi Ishikawa
- 👤 Etsuko Iguchi
- 👤 Toshimasa Nakayama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:29
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/09; G03F7/091; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/1053; Y10S430/1055; Y10S430/114; Y10S430/117; Y10S430/124
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
An undercoating composition for photolithography which consists essentially of, in the form of a uniform solution in an organic solvent: (a) a triazine compound having, in a molecule, at least two functional groups capable of forming crosslinking selected from the group consisting of hydroxy group and alkoxy groups; and (b) an ultraviolet-absorbing compound represented by the formula ##STR4## in which X is a divalent group selected from the group consisting of --CO--, --SO-- and --SO 2 --, R 1 and R 2 are, each independently from the other, a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the subscripts k, m and q are each an integer of 1, 2 or 3 and the subscript p is 0, 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that k+m and p+q each do not exceed 5.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
An undercoating composition for photolithography which consists essentially of, in the form of a uniform solution in an organic solvent: (a) a triazine compound having, in a molecule, at least two functional groups capable of forming crosslinking selected from the group consisting of hydroxy group and alkoxy groups; and (b) an ultraviolet-absorbing compound represented by the formula ##STR4## in which X is a divalent group selected from the group consisting of --CO--, --SO-- and --SO 2 --, R 1 and R 2 are, each independently from the other, a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the subscripts k, m and q are each an integer of 1, 2 or 3 and the subscript p is 0, 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that k+m and p+q each do not exceed 5.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 1 which further comprises: (c) an alkali-insoluble resin which is a polymer of a (meth)acrylic acid ester or a combination of (meth)acrylic acid esters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
91 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the triazine compound as the component (a) is a melamine compound or a guanamine compound represented by the formula ##STR5## in which R 3 and R 4 are each, independently from the others, a hydrogen atom, methylol group or alkoxymethyl group and R is a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or --NR 3 R 4 , at lest two of the groups denoted by R 3 and R 4 in a molecule being methylol groups or alkoxymethyl groups.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the component (b) is selected from the group consisting of 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxy benzophenone, bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) sulfone and bis(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl) sulfoxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 2 in which the component (c) is a copolymer of glycidyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate in a copolymerization ratio in the range from 2:8 to 8:2 by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 5 in which the component (c) has a weight-average molecular weight in the range from 10,000 to 200,000.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the amount of the component (b) is in the range from 10 to 300 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (a).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The undercoating composition as claimed in claim 2 in which the amount of the component (c) is in the range from 1 to 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (a) and (b).
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