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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Llc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Irvinder Kaur, Northborough, MA (US);
Colin Liu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Xisen Hou, Lebanon, NH (US);
Kevin Rowell, Salem, MA (US);
Mingqi Li, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Cheng-Bai Xu, Southborough, MA (US);
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC, Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Photoresist pattern trimming compositions comprise a polymer, an aromatic sulfonic acid, and an organic-based solvent system, wherein the aromatic sulfonic acid is of general formula (I): wherein: Arrepresents an aromatic group; Rindependently represents a halogen atom, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, or a combination thereof, wherein adjacent Rgroups together optionally form a fused ring structure with Ar; a represents an integer of 2 or more; and b represents an integer of 1 or more, provided that a+b is at least 3 and is not greater than the total number of available aromatic carbon atoms of Ar, and two or more of Rare independently a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group bonded directly to an aromatic ring carbon atom.