PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16056806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "004000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming conductive vias comprises forming a first via opening and a second via opening within a substrate. First conductive material of a first conductivity is formed into the first and second via openings. The first conductive material lines sidewalls and a base of the second via opening to less-than-fill the second via opening. Second conductive material is formed into the second via opening over the first conductive material in the second via opening. The second conductive material is of a second conductivity that is greater than the first conductivity. All conductive material within the first via opening forms a first conductive via defining a first maximum conductance elevationally through the first conductive via and all conductive material within the second via opening forms a second conductive via defining a second maximum conductance elevationally through the second conductive via that is greater than said first maximum conductance. Integrated circuit structure comprising conductive vias independent of method of manufacture are disclosed.

Claim (Index 28):
An integrated circuit structure comprising:\n a substrate comprising elevationally outer circuit components and elevationally inner circuit components; a first conductive via electrically coupling at least one of the elevationally outer circuit components with at least one of the elevationally inner circuit components, the first conductive via comprising first conductive material of a first conductivity; a second conductive via electrically coupling at least one other of the elevationally outer circuit components with at least one other of the elevationally inner circuit components, the second conductive via comprising the first conductive material in an upwardly-open container shape having a first conductive material base elevationally over the at least one other elevationally inner circuit component and having encircling first conductive material sidewalls extending upwardly from the first conductive material base, the second conductive via comprising second conductive material radially inward of the first conductive material sidewalls and elevationally over the first conductive material base, the second conductive material being of a second conductivity that is greater than the first conductivity, the second conductive via having a larger minimum horizontal width than the first conductive via; and the first conductive via being devoid of the second conductive material and defining a first maximum conductance elevationally through the first conductive via, the second conductive via defining a second maximum conductance elevationally through the second conductive via that is greater than said first maximum conductance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.18868
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15621329', '14838738', '15585396', '15170114', '15489311']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.92151396536927
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5288186635742315
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8822444351897663
- Mean Citation Score: 282.347624
- Max Citation Score: 362.57968
- Similarity Product: 343.45870529024126

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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