Positive-working naphtho quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester photoresist composition containing select combination of additives

摘要

Disclosed is a positive-working photoresist composition used in the photolithographic patterning work for the manufacture of various electronic devices such as VLSIs having improved characteristics, in particular, in respect of the halation-preventing effect. In addition to the conventional ingredients of (a) an alkali-soluble novolac resin as a film-forming agent and (b) a naphthoquinonediazide group-containing compound as a photosensitizing agent, the composition is formulated by the admixture of a specific amount of (c) a halation-preventing agent which is a combination of, one, (c1) a 4,4'-bis(dialkylamino) benzophenone compound and, the other, (c2) a compound selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxy benzophenone compounds, amino- and hydroxy-containing benzophenone compounds and 4-pyrazolylazo compounds in a specific weight proportion of (c1):(c2).