Patent ID: 8778592

Claim:
A positive resist composition comprising a polymer comprising recurring units (a) of (meth)acrylate having a carboxyl group substituted with an acid labile group of cyclic structure, represented by the general formula (1) below, and recurring units (b) having an adhesive group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl, lactone ring, carbonate, thiocarbonate, carbonyl, cyclic acetal, ether, ester, sulfonic acid ester, cyano, and amide groups, copolymerized therewith, wherein “a” and “b” indicative of molar ratios of the respective units are in the range: 0<a<1.0, 0<b<1.0, and 0.2≦a+b≦1.0, the polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, and a novolak resin as base resin, and a photoacid generator, wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, X is a single bond, a linking group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms containing at least one member selected from among an ester moiety, ether moiety and lactone ring, or a naphthylene group, and R 2 is an acid labile group of cyclic structure, the novolak resin being one selected from the group consisting of the following formulae: