申请人:Hoechst Celanese Corporation
公开号:US05059513A1
公开(公告)日:1991-10-22
Actinic (deep ultraviolet, ultraviolet and visible) light sensitive positive photoresist compositions containing a mixture of an alkali-insoluble photoactive compound capable of being transformed into an alkali-soluble species upon exposure to actinic radiation, in an amount sufficient to render the mixture relatively alkali insoluble and a polymer comprising an amount of CO--NH--CO groups, such as maleimide and especially maleimide--substituted styrene copolymers, sufficient to render the mixture readily alkali soluble upon exposure to actinic radiation are disclosed. The preferred copolymers include maleimide/styrene or .alpha.-methylstyrene in a 1:1 molar ratio. The preferred methylstyrene in a 1:1 molar ratio. The preferred photoactive compound suitable for a positive photoresist composition responsive to deep UV actinic radiation has the formula 18-B in Table I. The present invention also comtemplates photosensitive elements and thermally stable phtochemically imaged systems based on the actinic light sensitive positive photoresist compositions. The positive photoresist compositions are coated onto a substrate to produce a photosensitive element, which upon exposure to a pattern of actinic radiation of wavelength in the range of about 200-700 nm produces a photochemically imaged system that can be treated with an alkaline developer to form highly resolved patterns, by highly selective removal of exposed areas. After development, preferred embodiments of the photo-chemically images systems exhibit insignificant changes in the highly resolved features (one micron) in the patterned image upon postbaking at temperatures of about 230.degree. C. and is, thereafter readily stripped. The high thermal stability exhibited by the photochemically imaged systems formed from the positive photoresist compositions of the present invention allows faster processing at higher temperatures, on equipment like plasma etchers and ion implanters; the developed photochemically imaged systems of the present invention retain high resolution, i.e., retain sharp, steep patterned image profiles.
本发明公开了一种敏感于Actinic(深紫外线、紫外线和可见光)光的正向光刻胶组合物,其包含一种能够在暴露于Actinic辐射下转化为碱溶性物种的碱不溶性光活性化合物的混合物,其量足以使混合物相对碱不溶性,并且包含一种聚合物,该聚合物包含足量的CO--NH--CO基团,例如马来酰亚胺和特别是马来酰亚胺取代的苯乙烯共聚物,其量足以使混合物在暴露于Actinic辐射下很容易溶于碱。首选的共聚物包括马来酰亚胺/苯乙烯或α-甲基苯乙烯在1:1的摩尔比。首选的甲基苯乙烯在1:1的摩尔比。适用于响应深紫外线Actinic辐射的正向光刻胶组合物的首选光活性化合物具有表I中的18-B式。本发明还包括基于Actinic光敏正向光刻胶组合物的光敏元件和热稳定的光化学成像系统。将正向光刻胶组合物涂覆在基底上以产生光敏元件,该元件在暴露于波长在约200-700nm的Actinic辐射的图案下产生可进行碱性显影的光化学成像系统,通过高度选择性地去除暴露区域来形成高度分辨率的图案。显影后,本发明的光化学成像系统的首选实施例在230°C的后烘烤下高分辨率特征(一微米)的图案图像变化微不足道,并且随后很容易去除。本发明的正向光刻胶组合物形成的光化学成像系统表现出的高热稳定性允许在像等离子体刻蚀机和离子注入机等设备上以更高的温度进行更快的处理;本发明的开发的光化学成像系统保持高分辨率,即保持锐利、陡峭的图案图像轮廓。