ANTI-REFLECTIVE COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED SPIN BOWL COMPATIBILITY

• Main Authors: MEADOR JIM D, SHAO XIE, DESHPANDE SHREERAM V, KRISHNAMURTHY VANDANA, NOWAK KELLY A, BHAVE MANDAR, FOWLER MICHELLE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 15.10.2010
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FILLING PASTES; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HOLOGRAPHY; INKS; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MATERIALS THEREFOR; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; POLISHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS; WORKING-UP

Anti-reflective compositions and methods of using those compositions to form circuits are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system. In one embodiment, the compositions comprise less than about 0.3% by weight of a strong acid. In another embodiment, the weight ratio of strong acid to weak acid in the composition is from about 0:100 to about 25:75. Examples of preferred weak acid compounds include phenolic compounds (e.g., Bisphenol S, Bisphenol A, alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid), carboxylic acids (e.g., acetic acid), phosphoric acid, and cyano compounds. The polymer and other ingredients are preferably physically mixed in a solvent system. The resulting compositions are spin bowl compatible (i.e., they do not crosslink prior to the bake stages of the microlithographic processes or during storage at room temperature).