Patent ID: 8021823

Claim:
A positive resist composition, comprising a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of an acid, and an acid generator component (B) which generates an acid upon exposure, wherein the base component (A) comprises a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) represented by the general formula (a0-1) shown below (wherein, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; A represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group which may contain a substituent group, or a bivalent group which contains a hetero atom; B represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group which may contain a substituent group, and a bivalent group which contains a hetero atom; and R 2 represents an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group), wherein the acid generator component (B) comprises an onium salt having a following cation moiety represented by the following formula: wherein R 1 ″ to R 3 ″, R 5 ″ and R 6 ″ each independently represents an aryl group or an alkyl group; two of R 1 ″ to R 3 ″ may mutually be bonded to form a ring together with the sulfur atom; at least one of R 1 ″ to R 3 ″ represents an aryl group; and at least one of R 5 ″ and R 6 ″ represents an aryl group, and an anion moiety represented by a compound selected from the group consisting of: wherein p represents an integer of 1 to 3; q1 and q2 each independently represents an integer of 1 to 5; r 1 represents an integer of 0 to 3; g represents an integer of 1 to 20; R 7 represents a substituent group; n1 to n5 each independently represents an integer of 0 or 1; v1 to v5 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 3; w1 to w5 each independently represents an integer of 0 to 3; and Q″ represents an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, —O—, —S—, —O—R 94 —, or —S—R 95 —, wherein R 94 and R 95 each independently represents an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms.