Patent ID: 8808959

Claim:
A resist composition comprising a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, said component (B) comprising an acid generator (B1) comprised of a compound represented by general formula (b1-1) shown below; wherein each of R 1 ″ to R 3 ″ independently represents an aryl group which may have a substituent or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, with the provision that at least one of R 1 ″ to R 3 ″ represents a substituted aryl group having part of the hydrogen atoms substituted with a group represented by general formula (b1-1-0) shown below, and two of R 1 ″ to R 3 ″ may be bonded to each other to form a ring with the sulfur atom; X represents a hydrocarbon group of 3 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent; Q 1 represents a divalent linking group containing a carbonyl group; and p represents an integer of 1 to 3: wherein W represents a linear or branched alkylene group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms.