Patent ID: 9665001
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G03F

Claim:
1. A method for forming a photoresist relief image comprising: (a) applying on a substrate a chemically-amplified photoresist comprising a resin, a photoactive component and an adhesion-promoting agent; and (b) exposing the photoresist coating layer to patterned 193 nm radiation; wherein the resin is substantially or completely free of phenyl or other aromatic groups, and the adhesion-promoting component is selected from the group consisting of: 3-glycidoxypropyl (methyl)diethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyl (dimethyl)ethoxysilane, n-butyl trimethoxysilane, n-octyl trimethoxysilane, 3-(pentafluorophenyl)propyl trimethoxysilane, 1,8-bis(triethoxysilyl)octane, butanediol diglycidyl ether, and Ethylhexyl glycidyl ether.