Description PHOTOACTIVE MONOMER, PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYMER AND CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME Technical Field
[1] This invention relates to a monomer having the function of a photoacid generator and a photosensitive polymer for forming photoresist pattern for a semiconductor. More specifically, this invention relates to a novel (meth)acrylic monomer having a chromophoric group which works as a photoacid generator, a photosensitive polymer prepared with the monomer, and a chemically amplified photoresist composition including the polymer. Background Art
[2] As the degree of integration of a semiconductor increases, dynamic random access memory (hereinafter "DRAM" having the memory capacity of more than one gigabit has been developed. To produce such a large capacity DRAM, it is required to form a fine photoresist pattern whose line width is less than lOOnm. Therefore, photo lithography processes using an exposure light source radiating light of a shorter wavelength than g-line(436nm) and i-line(365nm), has been developed. The light source radiating light of a shorter wavelength includes KrF excimer laser(248nm) and ArF excimer laser(193nm). On the other hands, active researches are carried out to prepare a chemically amplified photoresist composition having high resolution and high transparency in photolithography process using short wavelength exposing light (248nm, 193nm or less), excellent dry etching resistance, adhesiveness to a substrate, and developing property to the conventional developer composition such as 2.38 weight% tetramethyl ammoniumhydroxide (TMAH) aqueous solution. Generally, the chemically amplified photoresist composition includes a photoacid generator (PAG) which generates an acid when exposed to an exposing light, a photosensitive polymer having a protecting group which can be hydrolyzed by the acid, and a solvent. When the chemically amplified photoresist composition is exposed to an exposing light, the photoacid generator generates an acid, the generated acid consecutively decomposes the protecting groups on the photosensitive polymer, and thus the solubility of the photosensitive polymer is changed. Then, the photoresist is developed to form the pattern of high contrast.
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[4] Recently, an immersion lithography process is also developed to produce photoresist pattern having the half -pitch of less than 65nm in DRAM manufacturing
process. However, the immersion lithography process has a drawback in that the photoacid generator elutes from the photoresist when an immersion fluid is applied to the photoresist. The eluted photoacid contaminates lens and the immersion fluid, which reduces the life span of the lens, changes the refractive index of the immersion fluid, and finally decreases the process yield. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem
[5] It is an object of the present invention to provide a monomer having the function of a photoacid generator which can prevent the leakage of the photoacid generator in the immersion lithography process, a photosensitive polymer prepared with the monomer, and a chemically amplified photoresist composition including the polymer.
[6] It is other object of the present invention to provide a monomer which can prevent the contaminations of lens, immersion fluid, and so on in the immersion lithography process, a photosensitive polymer prepared with the monomer, and a chemically amplified photoresist composition including the polymer.
[7] It is another object of the present invention to provide a photosensitive polymer and a chemically amplified photoresist composition for providing high resolution, high process margin and low line edge roughness (LER).
[8] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a photosensitive polymer and a chemically amplified photoresist composition which are suitable for the dry exposing process as well as the wet exposing process, and especially for the ArF wet exposing process. Technical Solution
[9] To achieve these and other objects, the present invention provides a monomer having the function of a photoacid generator of the following formula.
[10]
[11] In the formula, R is a hydrogen, methyl or CF , R and R are independently a homo or hetero, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms, An is an anion compound, for example, trifluoromethane sulfonate, nonaflu- orobutane sulfonate, heptadecafluorooctane sulfonate, camphosulfonate, bistrifluo- romethanesulfonyl amide or tristrifluoromethanesulfonyl methylate, and X and X are
both hydrogen or are connected together to form a benzene ring. [12] The present invention also provides a photosensitive polymer of the following formula.
[13]
[14] In the formula, R , R 1 , R 2 and An are the same as defined above, R 3 is a saturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms, R and R are independently a homo or hetero saturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a, b, c and d are mole ratio of each repeating unit, and a : b : c : d is 0.01-10 mol% : 5-85 mol% : 5-85 mol% : 5-85 mol%. [15] The present invention also provides a chemically amplified photoresist composition including the photosensitive polymer and a solvent. Brief Description of the Drawings [16] A more complete appreciation of the invention, and many of the attendant advantages thereof, will be better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: [17] Figs. 1 and 2 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3a, respectively; [18] Figs. 3 and 4 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3b, respectively; [19] Figs. 5 and 6 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3c, respectively; [20] Figs. 7 and 8 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3d, respectively; [21] Figs. 9 and 10 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3e, respectively; [22] Figs. 11 and 12 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3f, respectively; and [23] Figs. 13 and 14 are photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process according to Example 3g, respectively. Mode for the Invention [24] According to the present invention, a monomer having the function of a photoacid generator is provided, the monomer is polymerized to prepare a photosensitive
polymer, and the photosensitive polymer is used to prepare a chemically amplified photoresist composition having high resolution and broad process margin. The monomer according to the present invention is a novel (meth)acrylic monomer having a chromophoric group which generates an acid when exposed to light. The monomer includes 4-(anion dialkylsulfonium)phenol (meth)acrylate or 4-(anion dialkyl- sulfonium)naphtol (meth)acrylate, which can be represented by the following Formula 1.
[25] (Formula 1)
[26]
[27] In formula 1, R is a hydrogen, methyl or CF , R and R are independently a homo or hetero, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms, An is an anion compound, for example, trifluo- romethane sulfonate(CF SO "), nonafluorobutane sulfonate(C F SO "), heptadecaflu- orooctane sulfonate(C F SO ), camphosulfonate, bistrifluoromethanesulfonyl amide(N"(SO CF ) ) or tristrifluoromethane sulfonyl methylate(C"(SO CF ) ), and X and X are both hydrogen or are connected together to form a benzene ring.
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[29] The preferable monomer according to the present invention includes the compounds of the following formulas la to lg.
[30] (Formula la)
[31]
[32] (Formula lb)
[34] (Formula lc) [35]
[36] (Formula Id) [37]
[40] (Formula If) [41]
[44] In above Formulas, R and An are the same as defined in Formula 1.
[45] The monomer of Formula 1 can be prepared by various organic synthetic methods. An example of the organic synthetic method is shown in the following Reaction 1. As shown in Reaction 1, phenol and dialkylsulfoxide are reacted in the presence of an alcoholic solvent such as methanol and an acid catalyst (HX: X is CI, SO or CH CO J 4 3 2 ), and then the obtained reaction product and An M+(An is an anion compound as defined in the above Formula 1, M is K, Na or NH ) are subjected to anion exchange reaction in the presence of an organic solvent such as acetone to obtain 4-(anion di- alkylsulfonium)phenol. Then the obtained 4- (anion dialkylsulfonium)phenol and (meth)acryloyl chloride are reacted in the presence of a base catalyst solution such as NaOH/MeOH to obtain the monomer of Formula 1 (wherein X and X are both hydrogen.).
[46] (Reaction 1)
[47]
[48] The monomer of Formula 1, in which X and X are connected together to form a benzene ring, can be prepared according to the following Reaction 2. As shown in Reaction 2, 1-naphtol and dialkylsulfoxide are reacted in the presence of an alcoholic solvent such as methanol and an acid catalyst (HX: X is CI, SO or CH CO ), and the J 4 3 2 obtained reaction product and An M+ (An is an anion compound as defined in the above Formula 1, M is K, Na or NH 4.) are subjected to anion exchange reaction in the presence of an organic solvent such as acetone to obtain 4-(anion dialkyl- sulfonium)naphtol. Then the obtained 4-(anion dialkylsulfonium)naphtol and (meth)acryloyl chloride are reacted in the presence of a base catalyst solution such as NaOH/MeOH to obtain the monomer of Formula 1, in which X 1 and X 2 are connected together to form a benzene ring. [49] (Reaction 2)
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[51] In Reactions 1 and 2, R 1 and R 2 are the same as defined in Formula 1. [52] [53] The photosensitive polymer according to the present invention is the polymer including the repeating unit produced from the 4- (anion dialkylsulfonium)phenol (meth)acrylate monomer or 4-(anion dialkylsulfonium) naphtol (meth)acrylate monomer, and can be represented by the following Formula 2.
[54] (Formula 2) [55]
[56] In above Formulas, R , R 1 , R 2 and An are the same as defined in Formula 1, R 3 is a saturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 15 carbon atoms, R and R are independently a homo or hetero saturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a, b, c and d are mole ratio of each repeating unit, and a : b : c : d is 0.01-10 mol% : 5-85 mol% : 5-85 mol% : 5-85 mol%.
[57] The R , R and R can be a group to be deprotected by an acid (leaving group), a group for improving the adhesiveness of the polymer to the substrate, or a group for improving the developing property of the polymer with respect to a developing solution. The conventional substituents which are used in a conventional photosensitive polymer can be unlimitedly used as R , R or R . For example, R , R or R can be t-butyl, tetrahydropyran-2-yl, 2-methyl-tetrahydropyran-2-yl, tetrahydrofuran- 2-yl, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-yl, 1-methoxypropyl, 1-methoxy-l-methylethyl, 1-ethoxypropyl, 1-ethoxy-l-methylethyl, 1-methoxyethyl, 1-ethoxyethyl, t- butoxyethyl, 1-isobutoxyethyl, adamantyl, hydroxy adamantyl and so on. The molecular weight of the photosensitive polymer according to the present invention can be varied according to the lithography conditions. The preferable weight average molecular weight thereof is 3,000 to 100,000 and the preferable polydispersity is 1.0 to 5.0. If the weight average molecular weight is less than 3,000, etching resistance can
be deteriorated, and if the weight average molecular weight is more than 100,000, the solubility to a solvent and the resolution can be deteriorated.
[58] [59] Exemplary photosensitive polymer according to the present invention includes the polymer of the following Formula 2a to 2h.
[60] (Formula 2a) [61]
[62] (Formula 2b) [63]
[64] (Formula 2c) [65]
[70] (Formula 2f) [71]
[72] (Formula 2g) [73]
[74] (Formula 2h)
[75]
[76] In above Formulas, R , R 1 , R 2 , An", a, b, c and d are the same as defined in Formula 2.
[77] [78] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2 can be prepared by a conventional polymerization reaction. For example, the photosensitive polymer of Formula 2 can be
prepared according to the following polymerization Reactions 3 and 4. As shown in Reactions 3 and 4, the monomers for preparing the photosensitive polymer, such as (meth)acrylate compound of Formula 1 and other kinds of (meth)acrylate compounds, are mixed by necessary amounts in an organic solvent, and subjected to a polymerization reaction to obtain a reaction product. Exemplary organic solvent for the polymerization reaction includes tetrahydrofuran (THF), cyclohexanone, cy- clopentanone, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, dioxane, methylethylketone, benzene, toluene, xylene and so on. The obtained reaction product can be crystallized in an organic solvent such as diethylether to produce the photosensitive polymer of the present invention. The polymerization reaction is preferably carried out in the presence of an initiator. Exemplary initiator includes benzoyl peroxide, 2,2- azobisisobuty- ronitrile (AIBN), acetyl peroxide, lauryl peroxide, t-butyl peracetate, t-butyl hy- droperoxide, di-t-butyl peroxide and so on.
[79] (Reaction 3) [80]
[81] (Reaction 4) [82]
[83] In Reactions 3 and 4, R*, R , R , R , R , R , An", a, b, c and d are the same as 1 2 3 4 5 defined in the Formula 2.
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[85] The chemically amplified photoresist composition according to the present invention includes the photosensitive polymer of Formula 2 and a solvent, and, if necessary, may include various additives. The amount of the photosensitive polymer is 1 to 30 weight%, preferably 5 to 15 weight% with respect to the total amount of the chemically amplified photoresist composition, and the preferable amount of the solvent can be controlled so that the amount of solid material is 5 to 70 weight%, preferably 10 to 60 weight% with respect to the total amount of the photoresist composition. If the amount of the photosensitive polymer and the amount of the organic solvent are not in the above ranges, a photoresist layer may not be effectively formed. Conventional solvents for a photoresist composition can be used as the solvent of the photoresist composition according to the present invention. Exemplary solvent includes ethyleneglycol monomethylethyl, ethyleneglycol monoethylether, ethyleneglycol monomethylether, ethyleneglycol monoacetate, diethyleneglycol, diethyleneglycol monoethylether, propyleneglycol monomethyletheracetate, propyleneglycol, propy- leneglycol monoacetate, toluene, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isoamil ketone, cyclohexanone, dioxane, methyl lactate, ethyl lactate, methyl pyruvate, ethyl pyruvate, methyl methoxy propionate, ethyl ethoxy propionate, N,N-dimethyl formamide, N,N-dimethyl acetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 3-ethoxy ethyl propionate, 2-heptanone, gamma-butyrolactone, 2-hydroxypropion ethyl, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl propionic acid ethyl ester, ethoxy acetic acid ethyl ester, hydroxy acetic acid ethyl ester, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl butanoic acid methyl ester, 3-methoxy-2-methyl propionic acid methyl ester, 3-ethoxy propionic acid ethyl ester, 3-methoxy-2-methyl propionic acid ethyl ester, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate and the mixtures thereof. The photoresist
composition of the present invention can further include an organic base as an additive. If the organic base is used, the amount of the organic base is 0.01 to 2.00 weight% with respect to the total photoresist composition. Exemplary organic base includes triethyl amine, triisobutyl amine, triisooctyl amine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine and the mixtures thereof. The photoresist composition of the present invention can be prepared by mixing the photosensitive polymer, the organic solvent and the optional additives, and optionally by filtering the mixture with a filter, for example, with a filter having the filter size of 0.2D. The photoresist composition of the present invention is suitable for the dry exposing process as well as the wet exposing process, and especially for the ArF wet exposing process.
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[87] Photoresist pattern can be formed on a substrate using the photoresist composition according to the following conventional photolithography process. First, the photoresist composition is spin coated on the substrate, such as silicon wafer or aluminium wafer, for example, with a spin coater to form a photoresist layer on the substrate. Then the photoresist layer is exposed, developed and baked to form photoresist pattern on the substrate. The developing solution (developer) for the developing process can be 0.1 to 10 weight% alkali aqueous solution containing alkaline compound such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide(TM AH), and so on. If desired, a surfactant or water-soluble organic solvent such as methanol and ethanol can be added to the developing solution. In addition, the substrate can be washed with pure water after the developing process.
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[89] Hereinafter, the preferable examples are provided for better understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
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[91] (Example la) Preparation of monomer
[92] 9.41g(0. lmol) of phenol and 20.2g(0. lmol) of phenyl sulfoxide are added into a 500mL round-bottom flask, 60g of methanol is added thereto, and a reaction carried out at room temperature for 2 hours and 30 minutes while bubbling 4.73g(0.13mol) of dry hydrogen chloride gas in the reaction solution and stirring the reaction solution. Then, the obtained diphenyl-4-hydroxyphenyl sulfonium chloride 26.8g(0.085mol) is dissolved with 80g of acetone, and a solution including 33.8g(0.1mol) of potassium nonafluorobutane sulfonate and 50g of acetone is added thereto to produce diphenyl- 4-hydroxyphenyl sulfonium nonafluorobutane sulfonate. Then, the obtained diphenyl- 4-hydroxyphenyl sulfonium nonafluorobutane sulfonate 46.3g(0.08mol) is treated with
6.8g(0.2mol, excess amount) of sodium hydroxide and 50g of methanol to obtain a sodium salt. Then the obtained sodium salt is added to 50g of acetonitrile at room temperature, and is reacted with 8.9g(0.85mol) of methacryloyl chloride for 1 hour under nitrogen atmosphere. After completion of reaction, a monomer of solid salt state is obtained, and the obtained monomer is recrystallized with methanol and stayed at room temperature to obtain nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula la in 60% yield. [93]
[94] (Example lb) Preparation of monomer
[95] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula lb is obtained in 75% yield by th e same method as Example la except for using 15.4g(0.1mol) of methyl-p-tolyl sulfoxide instead of 20.2g(0.1mol) of phenyl sulfoxide. [96]
[97] (Example lc) Preparation of monomer
[98] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula lc is obtained in 70% yield by the same method as Example la except for using 16.2g(0.1mol) of n-butyl sulfoxide instead of 20.2g(0. lmol) of phenyl sulfoxide. [99]
[100] (Example Id) Preparation of monomer
[101] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula Id is obtained in 53% yield by the same method as Example la except for using 14.4g(0.1mol) of 1-naphtol instead of 9.41g(0. lmol) of phenol. [102]
[103] (Example le) Preparation of monomer
[104] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula le is obtained in 65% yield by the same method as Example lb except for using 14.4g(0.1mol) of 1-naphtol instead of 9.41g(0. lmol) of phenol. [105]
[106] (Example If) Preparation of monomer
[107] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula If is obtained in 55% yield by the same method as Example lc except for using 14.4g(0.1mol) of 1-naphtol instead of 9.41g(0. lmol) of phenol. [108]
[109] (Example lg) Preparation of monomer
[110] Nonafluorobutane sulfonate monomer of Formula lg is obtained in 65% yield by the same method as Example la except for using 14.4g(0.1mol) of 1-naphtol and 7.8 lg(0. lmol) of dimethyl sulfoxide instead of 9.41g(0. lmol) of phenol and 20.2g(0.1mol) of phenyl sulfoxide.
[111]
[112] (Example 2a) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[113] 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula la) obtained in Example la, 23.4g(0.1mol) of 2-methyl-2-methacryloyloxy adamantane, 15.8g(0.1mol) of methacryloyloxy butyrolactone, 23.6g(0.1mol) of l-methacryloyloxy-3-hydroxy adamantane and 10. lg of azobisisobutyronitrile(AIBN) are dissolved in 35g of anhydrous THF. Then, gas in the solution is removed using an ampoule by freezing method, and polymerization reaction is carried out at 68°C for 24 hours. After completion of reaction, excess amount of diethyl ether is slowly added to the reaction solution to precipitate the reaction product, and the precipitated reaction product is dissolved with THF, and again precipitated by using diethyl ether to obtain a photosensitive polymer of Formula 2a in 55% yield. The obtained polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 8,000 and the polydispersity of 1.65.
[114]
[115] (Example 2b) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[116] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2b is prepared in 60% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 12.0g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer (Formula lb) prepared in Example lb instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer (Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 9,500 and the polydispersity of 1.85.
[117]
[118] (Example 2c) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[119] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2c is prepared in 60% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 12.1g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula lc) prepared in Example lc instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 9,100 and the polydispersity of 1.65.
[120]
[121] (Example 2d) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[122] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2d is prepared in 55% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 14.0g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula Id) prepared in Example Id instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer (Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 9,800 and the polydispersity of 1.92.
[123]
[124] (Example 2e) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[125] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2e is prepared in 65% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 13.0g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer
(Formula le) prepared in Example le instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 9,200 and the polydispersity of 1.75.
[126]
[ 127 ] (Example 2f) Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[128] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2f is prepared in 60% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 13.2g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula If) prepared in Example If instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has weight average molecular weight of 8,700 and the polydispersity of 1.65.
[129]
[130] (Example 2g _ Preparation of photosensitive polymer
[131] The photosensitive polymer of Formula 2g is prepared in 80% yield by the same method as Example 2a except for using 11.4g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula lg) prepared in Example lg instead of 12.9g(0.02mol) of methacrylate monomer(Formula la) prepared in Example la. The prepared polymer has the weight average molecular weight of 8,900 and the polydispersity of 1.75.
[132]
[133] (Examples 3a-3g) Preparation of photoresist composition
[134] 2g of photosensitive polymer prepared in Examples 2a to 2g is dissolved in 20g of propyleneglycol methylethylacetate, and filtered with a filter of 0.20μm filter size to prepare photoresist compositions 3a to 3g, respectively.
[135]
[136] (Example 4) Formation of photoresist pattern by dry exposing process and wet exposing process
[137] The photoresist composition prepared in Examples 3a to 3g is spin coated on a silicon substrate to be etched to form a photoresist layer. Then the photoresist layer is subjected to soft bake process at 90°C for 90 seconds in oven or on hot plate, and then subjected to dry exposing process or wet exposing process with ArF excimer laser, and again subjected to bake process at 90°C for 90 seconds. Then the baked wafer is developed by immersing the baked wafer in 2.38 weight% TMAH aqueous solution for 40 seconds to form photoresist L/S pattern of 0.07 μm. The CD(critical dimension) and cross-sectional profile of the obtained photoresist pattern are measured by Critical Dimension Scanning Electron Microscopes(CD-SEM) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope(FE-SEM) to obtain minimum resolution, depth of focus, line edge roughness and processing margin of energy of each photoresist composition, and the results are set forth in Table 1. Also, photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of
Example 3a are represented by Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3b are represented by Figs. 3 and 4, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3c are represented by Figs. 5 and 6, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3d are represented by Figs. 7 and 8, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3e are represented by Figs. 9 and 10, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3f are represented by Figs. 11 and 12, respectively. Photographs of the pattern formed by the dry exposing process and the wet exposing process with the photoresist composition of Example 3g are represented by Figs. 13 and 14, respectively.
[138] [139] As inferred from Table 1 and Figs. 1 to 14, the photoresist composition of the present invention can form the photoresist pattern which has excellent resolution, excellent depth of focus, low line edge roughness and excellent processing margin of energy because the leakage or elution of the photoacid-generator does not occur.
[140] Table 1
[141] As described above, the monomer having the function of a photoacid generator, the photosensitive polymer and the chemically amplified photoresist composition of the present invention have a merit in that the photoacid-generator does not elute from a photoresist during wet exposing process in immersion lithography. Thus, the contaminations of lens and immersion fluid used in wet exposing process can be reduced. Also the chemically amplified photoresist of the present invention has merits in that it can decrease line edge roughness(LER), and has high resolution, high processing
margin of energy, excellent depth of focus margin, and is suitable for the dry exposing process as well as the wet exposing process, and especially for the ArF wet exposing process.