The present invention provides the onium salt comprises the material represented by the following general formula (0-1),
wherein R
f
represents a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; Y represents a cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, the hydrogen atom in the cyclic hydrocarbon group may be substituted by a hetero atom itself or a monovalent hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by a hetero atom(s), and the hetero atom(s) may be interposed into the cyclic structure of the cyclic hydrocarbon group and the monovalent hydrocarbon group; and M
+
represents a monovalent cation.
There can be provided an onium salt which can improve resolution at the time of forming a pattern and give a pattern with less line edge roughness (LER) when it is used in a chemically amplified positive resist composition.
本发明提供了含有以下通式(0-1)所表示的材料的离子盐,其中Rf表示
氟原子或三
氟甲基基团;Y表示具有3至30个碳原子的
环烃基团,
环烃基团中的氢原子可以被其本身的杂原子或可以被杂原子(们)取代的一价碳氢基团所取代,而杂原子(们)可以插入到
环烃基团和一价碳氢基团的环状结构中;M+表示一价阳离子。本发明提供了一种离子盐,当它用于
化学增强正性光刻胶组合物时,可以改善形成图案时的分辨率,并给出具有较少线边粗糙度(LER)的图案。