Patent ID: 8828643

Claim:
A positive type resist composition for use in liquid immersion exposure comprising: (A) a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon structure, the resin increasing its solubility in an alkali developer by an action of acid; (B) a compound generating acid upon irradiation with one of an actinic ray and a radiation; (C) an alkali soluble resin having one or more fluorine atoms; and (D) a solvent, wherein the structure of resin (A) and the structure of resin (C) are not the same, the amount of the alkali soluble resin (C) is 1 to 10% by mass based on the total solid components in the resist composition, and the alkali soluble resin (C) contains an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms substituted by at least one fluorine atom.