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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Tanaka, Gifu, JP;
Keiichi Masunaga, Jyoetsu, JP;
Daisuke Domon, Jyoetsu, JP;
Satoshi Watanabe, Jyoetsu, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a negative resist composition comprising at least: (A) a base polymer that is alkaline-soluble and is made alkaline-insoluble by action of an acid; (B) an acid generator; and (C) a basic component, wherein the base polymer at least contains a polymer including repeating units represented by the following general formula (1) and general formula (2) and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000. There can be a negative resist composition hardly causing a bridge in forming a pattern and providing a high resolution and a patterning process using the same.