PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883268
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "415000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems for MEMS devices with dual damascene formed electrodes is disclosed and may include forming first and second dielectric layers on a semiconductor substrate that includes a conductive layer at least partially covered by the first dielectric layer; removing a portion of the second dielectric layer; forming vias through the second dielectric layer and at least a portion of the second dielectric layer, where the via extends to the conductive layer; forming electrodes by filling the vias and a volume that is the removed portion of the second dielectric layer with a first metal; and coupling a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) substrate to the semiconductor substrate. A third dielectric layer may be formed between the first and second dielectric layers. A metal pad may be formed on at least one electrode by depositing a second metal on the electrode and removing portions of the second metal, which may be aluminum.

Claim (Index 1):
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprising:\n a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate comprising:\n a conductive layer; \n a first dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the conductive layer; \n a second dielectric layer above the first dielectric layer; \n a dual damascene electrode comprising a single metal layer on a top surface of the second dielectric layer and extending through the second dielectric layer and a portion of the first dielectric layer to the conductive layer; and \n a metal pad above the second dielectric layer; \n a MEMS substrate coupled to the CMOS substrate via the metal pad, the MEMS substrate comprising standoffs extending from a first surface of the MEMS substrate; and a MEMS cover coupled to a second surface of the MEMS substrate opposite to the first surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.49231
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15193410', '13906080', '14737896', '15441791', '14645826']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9047611593281132
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4391691589842109
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8582019592937229
- Mean Citation Score: 124.6822144
- Max Citation Score: 130.34068
- Similarity Product: 112.58231922546386

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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