PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "347000"]

Abstract:
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. In this method, a stop layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor fin is formed on the stop layer. Two cells adjacent to each other are formed on the semiconductor fin. A gate conductor is formed on a top of the semiconductor fin at a common boundary that is shared by the two cells. A gate spacer is formed to peripherally enclose the gate conductor. The gate conductor and the semiconductor fin are etched to form a gap extending from the top of the semiconductor fin to the stop layer, thereby dividing the semiconductor fin into two portions of the semiconductor fin. The gap is filled with a dielectric filler.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:\n forming a stop layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a semiconductor fin on the stop layer; forming a first gate conductor, a second gate conductor and a third gate conductor separately on a top of the semiconductor fin, wherein the second gate conductor is located between the first gate conductor and the third gate conductor; forming a first gate spacer peripherally enclosing the first gate conductor, a second gate spacer peripherally enclosing the second gate conductor, and a third gate spacer peripherally enclosing the third gate conductor; etching the first gate conductor, the third gate conductor and their corresponding portions of the semiconductor fin to form a gap extending from the top of each of the corresponding portions of the semiconductor fin to the stop layer, thereby dividing each of the corresponding portions of the semiconductor fin into two portions of the semiconductor fin; and filling the gap with a dielectric filler.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33929
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14939310', '15297105', '15414413', '14935115', '14883445']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9147501172269034
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.487282244147863
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8720033299189993
- Mean Citation Score: 215.35042600000003
- Max Citation Score: 247.34978
- Similarity Product: 206.39123604306693

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

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