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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimaki, Toyama, JP;
Keisuke Hashimoto, Toyama, JP;
Rikimaru Sakamoto, Toyama, JP;
Takafumi Endo, Toyama, JP;
NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A resist underlayer film which has an excellent hard mask function and can form an excellent pattern shape. A resist underlayer film-forming composition to be used for a lithography process, including a novolac polymer obtained by reaction of an aldehyde compound and an aromatic compound having a secondary amino group. The novolac polymer contains a unit structure of Formula (1): A method for producing a semiconductor device, including the steps of: forming a resist underlayer film from the resist underlayer film-forming composition on a semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask on the resist underlayer film; further forming a resist film on the hard mask; forming a resist pattern by irradiation with light or an electron beam and development; etching the hard mask by using the formed resist pattern; etching the resist underlayer film by using the patterned hard mask; and processing the semiconductor substrate by using the patterned underlayer film.