Patent 9128370 was granted and assigned to JSR Corporation on September, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A radiation-sensitive composition includes a photoacid generator represented by a general formula (1), and a solvent. Each R0 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group. R1 represents a fluorine atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group. R2 represents a fluorine atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group. Rf represents a fluoromethylene group or a divalent fluoroalkylene group. M+ represents a monovalent onium cation. Optionally R1 bonds to Rf or R2 to form a cyclic structure.