Abstract: A coating composition containing a coating base resin and a C4-C10 alcohol as a main solvent, and a method for forming a fine contact of a semiconductor device including the steps of preparing the coating composition, forming a photoresist film on a semiconductor substrate having an underlying layer, performing exposure with a contact mask and developing processes to form a photoresist pattern for contact on the photoresist film, and coating the coating composition on the photoresist pattern to form a coating film.

Abstract: A method for forming a fine pattern a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a first photoresist pattern over a semiconductor substrate having an underlying layer; coating a pattern hardening coating agent over the first photoresist pattern, thereby forming a pattern hardening film; forming a second photoresist film over the resulting structure; and selectively exposing and developing the second photoresist film, thereby forming a second photoresist pattern to be defined between neighboring first photoresist pattern.

Abstract: A pattern hardening coating agent useful in a method for forming a fine pattern, comprising: an addition copolymer comprising a repeating unit derived from a fluoro alkyl (meth)acrylic ester and a repeating unit derived from a glycidyl (meth) acrylic ester and an organic solvent.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fine pattern of a semiconductor device comprising: forming hard mask patterns having a thickness of t1 over an underlying layer; forming a light penetrable thin film having a thickness of t2 over the hard mask pattern; forming a light absorbable thin film over light penetrable thin film; performing an exposure process on the resulting structure without use of an exposure mask while controlling an amount of exposure energy such that an exposure light reaches a depth T measured from a top surface of the light penetrable thin film to a top surface of the underlying layer such that t2<T?t1+t2; performing a developing process on the resulting structure to form an organic mask pattern between the hard mask patterns; and etching the underlying layer using the hard mask pattern and the organic mask pattern as an etching mask to form an underlying layer pattern.

Abstract: A method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist pattern over a semiconductor substrate including an underlying layer. A cross-linking layer is formed on the sidewall of the photoresist pattern. The photoresist pattern is then removed to form a fine pattern comprising the cross-linking layer. The underlying layer is etched using the fine pattern as an etching mask. As a result, the underlying layer has a smaller size than a minimum pitch.

Abstract: A polymer for immersion lithography comprising a repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a photoresist composition containing the same. A photoresist film formed by the photoresist composition of the invention is highly resistant to dissolution, a photoacid generator in an aqueous solution for immersion lithography, thereby preventing contamination of an exposure lens and deformation of the photoresist pattern by exposure.

Abstract: A method for forming a pattern of a semiconductor device using an immersion lithography process includes pretreating a top portion of the photoresist film with an alkane solvent or alcohol in the immersion lithography process to form a uniform over-coating film.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes performing an O2 plasma treatment step after forming a Si-containing anti-reflection film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a photoresist polymer comprising a fluorine component, a photoresist composition containing the photoresist polymer and an organic solvent to reduce surface tension, by forming a photoresist film uniformly on the whole surface of an underlying layer pattern to allow a subsequent ion-implanting process to be stably performed.

Abstract: A method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist pattern over a semiconductor substrate including an underlying layer. A cross-linking layer is formed on the sidewall of the first photoresist pattern. The first photoresist pattern is removed to form a fine pattern including a silicon polymer. A second photoresist pattern is formed that is coupled to the fine pattern. The underlying layer is etched using the fine pattern and the second photoresist pattern as an etching mask. As a result, the fine pattern has a smaller size than a minimum pitch.

Abstract: A composition for the organic hard mask includes a polyamic acid compound, and a method for forming a pattern is used in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices by coating the composition for organic hard mask film on an underlying layer, and depositing a second hard mask film with a silicon nitride SiON film thereon to form a double hard mask film having an excellent etching selectivity, thereby obtaining a uniform pattern.

Abstract: A polymer for crosslinking an anti-reflective film has a high refractive index. An anti-reflective composition containing the polymer for crosslinking is useful in an immersion lithography process using ArF (193 nm) of a semiconductor device manufacturing process.

Abstract: A polymer for crosslinking an anti-reflective film has a high refractive index. An anti-reflective composition containing the polymer is useful in a damascene process and an immersion lithography process using ArF (193 nm) of a semiconductor device manufacturing process.

Abstract: A composition for the organic hard mask includes a polyamic acid compound, and a method for forming a pattern is used in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices by coating the composition for organic hard mask film on an underlying layer, and depositing a second hard mask film with a silicon nitride SiON film thereon to form a double hard mask film having an excellent etching selectivity, thereby obtaining a uniform pattern.

Abstract: A method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device include forming a stack structure including a 1st layer hard mask film to a nth layer hard mask film (n is an integer ranging from 2 or more) over an underlying layer formed over a semiconductor substrate. The nth layer hard mask film, the top layer, is selectively etched to obtain a first hard mask pattern of the nth layer. A second hard mask pattern of the nth layer is formed between the first hard mask patterns of the nth layer. A (n?1)th layer hard mask film is etched using the first and the second hard mask pattern of the nth layer as etching masks. The (c) step to the (d) step repeat to form the first and the second hard mask patterns of the 1st layer over the underlying layer. And, the underlying layer is etched using the first and second hard mask patterns of the 1st layer as etching masks.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for removing an immersion lithography solution. The composition includes an organic solvent and an acid compound. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including an immersion lithography process. When a photoresist pattern is formed by the immersion lithography process, an exposure process is performed on a photoresist film formed over an underlying layer with an immersion lithography exposer. Then, the composition is dripped over the wafer to remove residual immersion lithography solution on the photoresist film, thereby improving a water mark defect phenomenon.

Abstract: A photoresist composition includes a base resin, a copolymer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and 3,3-dimethoxypropene, a photoacid generator, an organic base, and an organic solvent, and is used for forming a fine (micro) pattern in a semiconductor device by double patterning. The invention method can markedly reduce the number of steps in etching and hard mask deposition processes, so that work hours and manufacturing costs may be reduced, contributing to an increase in yield of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device comprises the steps of: forming a first hard mask pattern having a width of W1 and a thickness of T1 over an underlying layer formed over a semiconductor substrate; forming a second hard mask film with a planar type over the resulting structure and planarizing the second hard mask s to expose the first hard mask pattern; removing the first hard mask pattern by a thickness T2 from the top surface (0<T2<T1); performing a trimming process on the second hard mask film to form a second hard mask pattern having a slope side wall; performing a second trimming process on the second hard mask pattern to separate the second hard mask pattern from the first hard mask pattern and form a third hard mask pattern having a width of W2; and patterning the underlying layer using the first hard mask pattern and the third hard mask pattern as etching masks.

Abstract: A composition for the organic hard mask includes a polyamic acid compound, and a method for forming a pattern is used in a manufacturing process of semiconductor devices by coating the composition for organic hard mask film on an underlying layer, and depositing a second hard mask film with a silicon nitride SiON film thereon to form a double hard mask film having an excellent etching selectivity, thereby obtaining a uniform pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes performing an O2 plasma treatment step after forming a Si-containing photoresist film.