Patent ID: 7960091

Claim:
A resist composition comprising a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound (D), which suppresses diffusion of the acid generated from the acid-generator component (B) upon exposure, said nitrogen-containing organic compound (D) comprising a nitrogen-containing polymeric compound (D1) comprised of a structural unit (d0) containing a cyclic group represented by general formula (d0-1-0) shown below in the side chain thereof: wherein each of R a and R b independently represents an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a halogenated alkyl group, a polar group or a polar group-containing group; each of R c and R d independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a halogenated alkyl group, a polar group or a polar group-containing group; and R e represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, a monovalent aliphatic cyclic group which may have a substituent or a monovalent aromatic cyclic group which may have a substituent.