Photoacid-generating copolymer and associated photoresist composition, coated substrate, and method of forming an electronic device

• Main Authors: ONGAYI OWENDI, THACKERAY JAMES W, JAIN VIPUL, CAMERON JAMES F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.06.2015
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ELECTROGRAPHY; FILLING PASTES; HOLOGRAPHY; INKS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MATERIALS THEREFOR; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

The invention relates to a photoacid-generating copolymer and an associated photoresist composition, a coated substrate, and a method of forming an electronic device. A copolymer include repeat units derived from an acid-labile monomer, an aliphatic lactone-containing monomer, a C1-12 alkyl (meth)acrylate in which the C1-12 alkyl group includes a specific base-soluble group, a photoacid-generating monomer that includes an aliphatic anion, and a neutral aromatic monomer having the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, X, m, and R5 are defined herein. The copolymer is used as a component of a photoresist composition. A coated substrate including a layer of the photoresist composition, and a method of forming an electronic device using the coated substrate are described.