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ONIUM SALT, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING PROCESS

Search Report EP4703795A3 Kind: A3 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Inventors

FUKUSHIMA, Masahiro, WATANABE, Satoshi, KOTAKE, Masaaki, MATSUZAWA, Yuta, MASUNAGA, Keiichi, HIROKAWA, Yoshito

Abstract

An onium salt having a substituent group on the carbon atom adjoining the sulfo group in the anion and containing a triarylbenzene or diarylbenzene structure generates an acid with adequate strength and controlled diffusion. A chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising the onium salt has a high resolution and forms a pattern with reduced LER.

IPC Classifications

G03F 7/004 20060101AFI20260210BHEP G03F 7/039 20060101ALI20260210BHEP C07C 309/42 20060101ALI20260210BHEP C07C 381/12 20060101ALI20260210BHEP C07D 327/08 20060101ALI20260210BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR