Inventors:
Daniel Y. Pai - Millbury MA
Stephen S. Rodriguez - Monument Beach MA
Kevin J. Cheetham - Millbury MA
Gary S. Calabrese - North Andover MA
Roger F. Sinta - Woburn MA
Assignee:
Shipley Company, L.L.C. - Marlborough MA
International Classification:
G03C 173, G03F 7031, G03F 7032
Abstract:
A radiation sensitive composition, process for using said composition, and substrates coated with said composition. The photoimageable composition comprises a photobase generator compound, a resin binder and a material capable of crosslinking in the presence of base. In preferred aspects, the invention provides a negative-acting, aqueous developable photoimageable composition comprising a photobase generator compound, a resin binder which preferably is a phenolic polymer, a crosslinking agent that comprises one or more active groups that will undergo base-initiated crosslinking, and a curing agent.