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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Shogo Matsumaru, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaru Takeshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Iwai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Hada, Kawasaki, JP;
Shogo Matsumaru, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaru Takeshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Iwai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Hada, Kawasaki, JP;
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a polymer compound capable of forming a positive resist composition that can form a high-resolution pattern with a reduced level of LER, an acid generator formed from such a polymer compound, a positive resist composition that includes such a polymer compound, and a method for forming a resist pattern that uses such a positive resist composition. The polymer compound includes a structural unit (a1) derived from an (α-lower alkyl) acrylate ester having an acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting group, a structural unit (a2) represented by a general formula (a2-1) shown below [wherein, R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a divalent organic group; B represents a monovalent organic group; X represents a sulfur atom or iodine atom; n represents either 1 or 2; and Y represents a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom may be substituted with a fluorine atom], and a structural unit (a3) derived from an (α-lower alkyl) acrylate ester that contains a polar group-containing aliphatic polycyclic group.