Patent ID: 8501393

Claim:
An anti-reflective coating forming composition for forming an anti-reflective coating that is used as an underlayer of a resist, the composition comprising a compound having at least two vinyl ether groups, an alkali-soluble compound having at least two phenolic hydroxy groups or carboxyl groups, a photoacid generator, and a solvent, the alkali-soluble compound comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: a polyimide selected from the group consisting of: a polyamic acid selected from the group consisting of: wherein p1, p2, p3 and p4, when listed are present in the polyimide or the polyamic acid, and correspond independently of each other to a proportion of each unit in the polyimide or the polyamic acid such that a sum of p1, p2, p3 and p4 in the polyimide or the polyamic acid is 100%; a compound produced from a compound having at least two epoxy groups and a compound having at least two phenolic hydroxy groups or carboxyl groups; and a compound of the following formula: wherein R 3 , R 4 and R 5 independently of one another are a group of formula (3): and wherein R 6 is a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring or an anthracene ring having 1 to 3 hydroxy groups.