Patent ID: 7776510

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 acid-generator component (B) comprising an acid generator (B1) consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1-14) shown below: wherein R 7 ″ to R 9 ″ each independently represents an aryl group or an alkyl group, wherein two of R 7 ″ to R 9 ″ may be bonded to each other to form a ring with the sulfur atom, and at least one of R 7 ″ to R 9 ″ represents a substituted aryl group in which a portion or all of the hydrogen atoms are substituted with an alkoxyalkyloxy group represented by general formula (b14-1) shown below or an alkoxycarbonylalkyloxy group represented by general formula (b14-2) shown below; and X − represents an anion: wherein R 47 and R 48 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group, with the proviso that at least one of R 47 and R 48 represents a hydrogen atom; and R 49 represents an alkyl group, wherein R 48 and R 49 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure; and wherein R 50 represents a linear or branched alkylene group; and R 51 represents a cyclic tertiary alkyl ester-type acid dissociable group.