| CPC G03F 7/11 (2013.01) [C07C 39/10 (2013.01); C07C 43/1785 (2013.01); C08G 12/08 (2013.01); C09D 161/06 (2013.01); C09D 161/22 (2013.01); G03F 7/091 (2013.01); G03F 7/094 (2013.01); G03F 7/40 (2013.01); H01L 21/31138 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01)] | 2 Claims | 

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               1. A resist underlayer film-forming composition comprising: 
              a resin, wherein the resin is a novolac resin obtained by condensing an aromatic ring-containing compound with an aldehyde compound or a ketone compound, wherein the aromatic ring-containing compound is selected from the group consisting of benzene, naphthalene, phloroglucinol, hydroxynaphthalene, fluorene, carbazole, bisphenol, bisphenol S, diphenylamine, triphenylamine, phenylnaphthylamine, anthracene, hydroxyanthracene, phenothiazine, phenoxazine and phenylindole; 
                a crosslinkable compound, 
                wherein the crosslinkable compound is selected from the group consisting of 
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            an acid catalyst, wherein the acid catalyst is one or more of p-toluenesulfonic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate, salicylic acid, 5-sulfosalicylic acid, 4-phenolsulfonic acid, 4-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid, benzenedisulfonic acid, 1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, and naphthalene carboxylic acid. 
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