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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Mitsuru Sato, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Sugeta, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimasa Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a chemical-amplification-type negative resist composition and a method for forming a negative resist pattern using the same. The chemical-amplification-type negative resist composition comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) an acid-generating agent, and (C) a compound capable of causing crosslinking reaction in the presence of an acid, wherein the ingredient (A) is a mixture comprising (i) a copolymer which comprises constitutional repeating units of a hydroxystyrene type, has a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 4,000, and has a ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight falling within 1.0 to 2.0; and (ii) a hydroxystyrene homopolymer, and wherein the dissolution rate of the ingredient (A) at 23.degree. C. in a 2.38% by weight tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution falls within 80 to 300 nm/s.