Fujitsu Corporation

Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited

Satoshi Takechi

Makoto Takahashi

Akiko Kotachi

Yuko Kaimoto

Yuko Nakamura

Koji Nozaki

Keiji Watanabe

Ei Yano

Takahisa Namiki

Miwa Igarashi

Hajime Yamamoto

Yoko Kuramitsu

Kenichi Murakami

Akihiko Otoguro

Yoko Makino

Isamu Hanyu

Akira Oikawa

Takatoshi Deguchi

Yukari Mihara

Ryosuke Tokutomi

Tadashi Kikukawa

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of highly detailed patterning using a resist pattern having smoothed wall surfaces and reduced roughness. The method includes the steps of: forming a resist pattern over a base layer; applying a resist pattern smoothing material onto a surface of the resist pattern, thereafter heating and developing; and etching the base layer using the smoothed resist pattern, wherein one of an application thickness and a heat temperature is adjusted so as to smooth at least wall surfaces of the resist pattern. Aspects in which a maximum opening dimension and a minimum opening dimension of the smoothed resist pattern are &#xb1;5% of a predetermined opening dimension D (nm), and an average opening dimension Dav. (nm) of the smoothed resist pattern satisfies Dav. (nm)&#x2267;D (nm)&#xd7;(90/100), are preferable.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and method of forming resist pattern

A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerization initiator, and then conducting precipitation purification with methanol. Then to the copolymer, triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate was added to prepare a cyclohexanone solution. This solution was applied to a wafer, and exposed to a KrF excimer stepper and developed. The threshold energy Eth was 50 mJ/cm. A 0.45 &#x3bc;m-wide L & S was formed at 130 mJ/cm. The radiation sensitive material has good transparency and etching resistance, high sensitivity, and little peeling.

Radiation sensitive material and method for forming pattern

A chemically amplified resist composition which comprises a base resin reacting in the presence of an acid, a photo acid generator generating an acid upon exposure, and a compound having the combination of an acetal moiety and a site which is eliminated by an acid in its molecule, or which comprises a base resin, which is a copolymer having the combination of an acetal moiety and a site eliminated by an acid in one repeating unit and reacts in the presence of an acid, and a photo acid generator generating an acid upon exposure.

Chemically amplified resist composition and method for forming patterned film using same

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a step of forming a laminated film for pattern formation on a substrate, in which the laminated film for pattern formation includes an innermost layer, an inner layer and a surface layer, an extinction coefficient k of the innermost layer is 0.3 or more, and an extinction coefficient k of the inner layer is 0.12 or more. It also provides a method of forming a pattern which includes a step of forming a laminated film for pattern formation on a substrate, in which the laminated film for pattern formation includes an innermost layer, an inner layer and a surface layer, an extinction coefficient k of the innermost layer is 0.3 or more, and an extinction coefficient k of the inner layer is 0.12 or more.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and method of forming pattern

There are provided steps of forming a lower resist layer on a patterning objective layer, forming an organic intermediate layer made of organic material, that contains no Si&#x2014;O bond in its structure, on the lower resist layer, forming an upper resist layer made of alicyclic resin on the organic intermediate layer, forming a pattern by exposing/developing the upper resist layer, transferring the pattern of the upper resist layer onto the organic intermediate layer by etching the organic intermediate layer while using the upper resist layer as a mask, transferring a pattern of the organic intermediate layer onto the lower resist layer by etching the lower resist layer while using the organic intermediate layer as a mask, and etching the patterning objective layer while using the lower resist layer as a mask. Accordingly, a semiconductor device manufacturing method containing patterning steps employing a multi-layered resist structure, that is capable of suppressing deformation of the pattern of the upper resist layer formed of alicyclic compound, can be provided.

Multi-layered resist structure and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

A radiation sensitive material comprising a copolymer including itaconic anhydride and methods of using such radiation sensitive materials in methods for forming a pattern.

A resist material is made of a polymer or copolymer having a cyclic hydrocarbon as a skeletal structure and an alkali-soluble group to which a protective group is attached as a side chain. Because of the protective group, the resist material is insoluble in alkali solution. In addition, an acid generating agent is added to the resist material. When the acid generating agent is irradiated with a radiation ray, an acid is generated from the acid generating agent, and the protective group is detached from the alkali-soluble group by the function of the acid. Therefore, a resist film made of the resist material can be formed in a desired pattern by irradiating the resist film with the radiation ray. Also, because the cyclic hydrocarbon is used as the skeletal structure of the polymer or copolymer, a superior dry-etching resistance is obtained as compared with a conventional resist material in which acrylate resin is used as a skeletal structure, so that there is no probability that a patterned resist film is over-etched or deformed even though the patterned resist film is used as a mask in an etching process.

Resist material and method for forming a resist pattern with the resist material

Method for the formation of resist patterns by using a chemically amplified resist which comprises an alkali-insoluble base polymer or copolymer and an acid generator, in which the patternwise exposed film of said resist is developed with an organic alkaline developer in the presence of a surface active agent containing a higher alkyl group in a molecule thereof. The resist patterns have no drawback such as cracks and peeling, and thus can be advantageously used in the production of semiconductor devices such as LSIs and VLSIs.

Method for the formation of resist patterns

A radiation sensitive composition comprising a copolymer having a structural unit of (me)acrylonitrile and a structural unit generating an alkali soluble group and a substance generating an acid by application of radiation.

Alkali-developable, chemically amplified resist composition which comprises an alkali-insoluble compound having a structural unit containing a protected alkali-soluble group in which unit a protective moiety of said protected alkali-soluble group contains an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having bonded to a carbon atom thereof a &mdash;CH,&mdash;R,&prime; group wherein R,&prime; is methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl, and said alkali-soluble group is cleaved upon action of an acid generated from a photoacid generator used in combination with said compound, thereby releasing said protective moiety from the alkali-soluble group and converting said compound to an alkali-soluble one, and a photoacid generator capable of being decomposed upon exposure to a patterning radiation to thereby produce an acid capable of causing cleavage of said protective moiety. The resist composition can exhibit a high sensitivity (not more than 5 mJ/cm,) and therefore is particularly suitable for ArF lithography and also can exhibit stable patterning properties.

Chemically amplified resist compositions and process for the formation of resist patterns

Preparation process for esters and resist materials

Chemically amplified resist material which comprises: I. an acid-sensitive terpolymer produced upon copolymerization of (i) a first monomer unit having a structure which contains an alkali-soluble group protected with an alicyclic hydrocarbon-containing protective group, (ii) a second monomer unit having a lactone structure, and (iii) a third monomer unit having a structure which contains an alkali-soluble group protected with a protective group different from that of said first monomer unit; and II. a photoacid generator capable of producing an acid upon exposure to a patterning radiation, and the process for forming resist patterns using this resist material.

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Satoshi Takechi