Patent ID: 7745093

Claim:
A water soluble resin composition for use in a semiconductor manufacturing process, where said water soluble resin composition comprises a water soluble resin, an acid generating agent capable of generating an acid upon heating, a crosslinking agent, and a water-containing solvent, wherein said acid generating agent is represented by formula wherein R 0 represents —C n H 2n+1−m F m where n is 1 to 20 and m is 0 to 2n+1, where R′ is —(CH 2 ) x CH 3 , —OH, or —COOH in which x is 0 to 20; and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 each independently represent —H, C p H 2p+1 , or —C p H 2p OH where p is 1 to 10.