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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Robert David Allen, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald Clifford Hofer, San Martin, CA (US);
Ratnam Sooriyakumaran, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Michael Wallraff, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
International Business Machines Incorporated, Armond, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for forming bilayer resist images with a chemically-amplified, radiation-sensitive bilayer resist. The bilayer resist is disposed on a substrate and comprises (i) a top imaging layer comprising a radiation-sensitive acid generator and a vinyl polymer having an acid-cleavable silylethoxy group and (ii) an organic underlayer. The bilayer resist is used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.
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