International Business Machines Corporation

Joel R Whitaker

Krishna Gandhi Sachdev

Harbans S Sachdev

Umar M Ahmad

Ratnam Sooriyakumaran

Robert Neal Lang

Premlatha J Jagannathan

A method of producing patterned polyimide films using wet development of polyimide precursors through a photoresist mask is disclosed. Low thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) polyimide patterns are formed by starting with a polyamic acid precursor, typically, that derived from 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride-p-phenylenediamine (BPDA-PDA). Polyimide patterns are generated with complete retention of the intrinsic properties of the polyimide backbone chemistry and formation of metallurgical patterns in low TCE polyimide dielectric.

Method of forming patterned polyimide films

Photosensitive silicon-containing resist compositions comprising hydroxyphenylsilsesquioxanes and siloxanes partially estersified with diazonaphthoquinone sulfonyloxy groups for imageable O.sub.2 RIE barrier films. Methods for forming image patterns on substrates using these photosensitive silicon-containing resist compositions are also provided.

Silicon-containing positive resist and use in multilayer metal structures

A method is provided for forming a microlithographic relief image having a width of less than one half micron in a bilayer resist composition. The resist composition comprises a single component, silicon-containing photoimageable layer and a polymeric underlayer having a high optical density and a refractive index similar to the refractive index of the overlaying resist. The method provides for the formation of a relief image in the top layer using an i-line (365 nm) or deep ultra violet (170 to 300 nm) light source, followed by O.sub.2 RIE transfer of the relief image into the polymeric underlayer.

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Joel R Whitaker