Polymer design for 157 nm chemically amplified resists

被引:74
作者
Ito, H [1 ]
Wallraff, GM [1 ]
Brock, P [1 ]
Fender, N [1 ]
Truong, H [1 ]
Breyta, G [1 ]
Miller, DC [1 ]
Sherwood, MH [1 ]
Allen, RD [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM Corp, Almaden Res Ctr, San Jose, CA 95120 USA
来源
ADVANCES IN RESIST TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSING XVIII, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2001年 / 4345卷
关键词
157 nm resists; fluoropolymers; hexafluoroisopropanol; alpha-trifluoromethylacrylates; copolymerization kinetics; chemical amplification;
D O I
10.1117/12.436857
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Based on UV measurements at 157 nm of in-house fluoropolymers we have selected alpha-trifluoromethylacrylate and norbornene bearing a pendant hexafluoroisopropanol group as our building blocks for 157 nm resist polymers. Polymers consisting of these repeat units have an optical density/mum of 3 or below at 157 nm. We have found that the alpha-trifluoromethylacrylate derivatives conveniently undergo radical copolymerization with norbornenes, which has provided a breakthrough in preparation of our 157 rim resist polymers. This approach offers flexibility and versatility because an acidic moiety or acid-labile group can be placed in either acrylate or norbornene repeat unit. Other platforms of interest include all-acrylic, all-norbornene, and acrylic-styrenic polymers.
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页码:273 / 284
页数:12
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