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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger F. Sinta, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas M. Zydowsky, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Shipley Company, L.L.C., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/004 ; G03F 7/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/004 ; G03F 7/30 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides new photoresist compositions that comprise a resin binder, a photoactive component, particularly an acid generator, and a low molecular weight anthracene dye compounds. It has been found that these dye compounds can significantly reduce or even eliminate undesired reflections of exposure radiation, particularly deep U.V. exposure radiation such as 248 nm, as well as function as effective sensitizer compounds, enabling effective imaging at higher wavelengths, particularly I-line exposures.