Abstract:
A method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including at least a resin having a polarity that increases due to decomposition by the action of an acid, a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a solvent, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to (III) below, and the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is produced by mixing a first solution including the resin having a polarity that increases by the action of an acid and a first solvent with the one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the compound (I) to (III).
Abstract:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a pattern forming method including a step for forming an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film on a substrate using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a step for forming an upper layer film on the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film using a composition for forming an upper layer film, a step for exposing a laminate film including the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film and the upper layer film, and a step for developing the exposed laminate film using a developer including an organic solvent. The composition for forming an upper layer film contains a resin (XA), a resin (XB) containing fluorine atoms, a basic compound (XC), and a solvent (XD), and the resin (XA) is a resin not containing fluorine atoms, or in a case where the resin (XA) contains fluorine atoms, the resin (XA) is a resin having a lower content of fluorine atoms than that in the resin (XB), based on a mass.
Abstract:
The present invention has an object to provide a pattern forming method capable of providing good DOF and EL, a resist pattern formed by the pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, including the pattern forming method. The pattern forming method of the present invention includes a step a of coating an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition onto a substrate to form a resist film, a step b of coating a composition for forming an upper layer film onto the resist film to form an upper layer film on the resist film, a step c of exposing the resist film having the upper layer film formed thereon, and a step d of developing the exposed resist film using a developer to form a pattern, in which the active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a hydrophobic resin.
Abstract:
The present invention has an object to provide a pattern forming method, in which even when a pattern which is fine and has a high aspect ratio is formed, the collapse or peeling of the pattern is inhibited; a method for manufacturing an electronic device, including the pattern forming method; and an electronic device manufactured by the manufacturing method. The pattern forming method of the present invention includes an adhesion aiding layer forming step of forming an adhesion aiding layer containing a polymerizable group and having a light transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 193 nm on a substrate; a resist film forming step of applying a radiation-sensitive resin composition onto the adhesion aiding layer to form a resist film; an exposing step of exposing the resist film; and a developing step of developing the exposed resist film to form a pattern.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for testing a photosensitive composition and a method for producing a photosensitive composition that can easily test whether or not the photosensitive composition exhibits a predetermined LWR. The method for testing a photosensitive composition has a step 1 of using a reference photosensitive composition including an acid decomposable resin having a group that is decomposed by an action of an acid to generate a polar group and a photoacid generator, to form a resist film on a substrate, exposing the resist film, using a developer to perform a development treatment to form a resist pattern, and obtaining any one reference data selected from the group consisting of a line width or a space width of a line-shaped resist pattern, an opening diameter of an opening portion in the resist pattern, and a dot diameter of a dot-like resist pattern; a step 2 of using a photosensitive composition for measurement including components of the same types as types of components included in the reference photosensitive composition, to form a resist film on a substrate, exposing the resist film, using a developer to perform a development treatment to form a resist pattern, and obtaining measurement data of the resist pattern; and a step 3 of performing comparison between the reference data and the measurement data to determine whether or not an allowable range is satisfied, wherein the developer is an organic solvent-based developer including an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, an aromatic hydrocarbon, and at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, and Ni, and a mass ratio of a content of the aromatic hydrocarbon to a content of the metal atom in the developer is 5.0×104 to 2.0×1010.
Abstract:
A method for producing a composition for forming a non-photosensitive upper layer film that is disposed on a workpiece and a photosensitive resist film, the production method includes cleaning a production device for a composition XA for forming a non-photosensitive upper layer film with a cleaning liquid to clean the production device until a concentration of a resin included in the cleaning liquid reaches 10 ppm by mass or less, discharging the cleaning liquid from the production device, and producing the composition XA for forming a non-photosensitive upper layer film using the production device. The cleaning, the discharging, and the producing are performed in this order.
Abstract:
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin A having polarity that increases by an action of an acid; one or more resins B selected from the group consisting of a resin B1 including a fluorine atom and having polarity that increases by the action of an acid, a resin B2 including a fluorine atom and having polarity that increases by the action of an alkali, and a resin B3 including a fluorine atom and having polarity that increases by any of an action of an acid and an action of an alkali; and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to a compound (III), provided that the resin B1 to the resin B3 include no repeating unit including an ion-bonding group.
Abstract:
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin A whose solubility in an alkali developer increases by the action of an acid, a compound B that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, a resin C that has a surface energy of more than 25 mJ/m2 and has at least one of a fluorine atom or a silicon atom and a polarity conversion group, and a resin D that has a surface energy of 25 mJ/m2 or less, in which the content of the resin D is 1.1% by mass or more with respect to the total solid content of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.
Abstract:
Provided are a composition for forming an upper layer film for a photoresist, including a polymer having a molecular weight distribution in which a peak area of a high-molecular-weight component having a weight-average molecular weight of 40,000 or more accounts for 0.1% or less with respect to the entire peak area in the molecular weight distribution, measured by the gel permeation chromatography.
Abstract:
Provided are a method for testing a photosensitive composition and a method for producing a photosensitive composition that can easily test whether or not the photosensitive composition exhibits a predetermined LWR. A method for testing a photosensitive composition according to the present invention has a step 1 of using a reference photosensitive composition to form a resist film, bringing the resist film into contact with a treatment liquid, and measuring a dissolution rate of the resist film to obtain reference data; a step 2 of using a photosensitive composition for measurement to form a resist film, bringing the resist film into contact with a treatment liquid, and measuring a dissolution rate of the resist film to obtain measurement data; and a step 3 of performing comparison between the reference data and the measurement data to determine whether or not an allowable range is satisfied, wherein the treatment liquid includes an organic solvent and a metal X, the organic solvent does not include an aromatic hydrocarbon and includes an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and a mass ratio of a content of the aromatic hydrocarbon to a content of the metal X is 5.0×102 to 5.0×1012.