Patent ID: 11934101
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
forming a resist layer over a substrate;
forming a latent pattern in the resist layer;
forming a pattern in the resist layer by removing a portion of the resist layer; and
extending the pattern in the resist layer into the substrate,
wherein the resist layer comprises:
metal cores; and
a first ligand attached to the metal cores,
wherein the first ligand includes saturated C1-C7 organic groups,
wherein the saturated C1-C7 organic groups are branched, unbranched, cyclic, or non-cyclic, and
wherein the C1-C7 organic groups include H or F, and one or more of —CF3, —SH, —S—, —P—, —PO2, —C(═O)SH, —C(═O)NH, —SO2OH, —SO2SH, —SOH, and —SO2—.