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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Merck Patent Gmbh, Darmstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Weihong Liu, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Pinghung Lu, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Chunwei Chen, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/023 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/004 (2006.01); G03F 7/039 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/32 (2006.01); G03F 7/40 (2006.01); G03F 7/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/0236 (2013.01); C25D 7/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/0045 (2013.01); G03F 7/0392 (2013.01); G03F 7/2004 (2013.01); G03F 7/32 (2013.01); G03F 7/40 (2013.01); G03F 7/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a photosensitive composition comprising a) at least one photoacid generator; b) at least one Novolak polymer; c) at least one acrylate polymer, comprising a component having structure (I); d) at least one glycidyl hydroxy benzoic acid condensate material comprising one or more compounds having structure (II); e) at least one heterocyclic thiol compound comprising a ring structure chosen from the general structures (III), (IIIa) or (IIIb); and f) at least one solvent. Disclose herein are also the methods of using this composition to form a resist pattern and the methods of using these resist patterns to produce metal lines. Disclosed herein are also compounds and mixtures of compounds having structure (II).


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