PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16213868
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["438", "283000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a first opening in a dielectric layer over a substrate, lining sidewalls and a bottom of the first opening with a conductive barrier layer, and depositing a seed layer over the conductive barrier layer. The method further includes treating the seed layer with a plasma process, and filling the first opening with a conductive material after the treating the seed layer.

Claim (Index 16):
A Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) device comprising:\n a fin protruding above a substrate; a gate over the fin; a source/drain region in the fin and adjacent to the gate; an interlayer dielectric layer (ILD) around the gate; a dielectric layer over the ILD; and a source/drain contact extending through the dielectric layer and into the ILD, the source/drain contact electrically coupled to the source/drain region, the source/drain contact comprising:\n a barrier layer contacting the ILD and the dielectric layer, wherein an upper portion of the barrier layer distal the substrate is thinner than a lower portion of the barrier layer proximate the source/drain region, wherein there is a step change between the upper portion and the lower portion of the barrier layer; \n a metal layer; and \n a seed layer between the barrier layer and the metal layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12121
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15583789', '15705034', '15490439', '15058864', '15662526']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8390049363690543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4786315640666175
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8029675991388106
- Mean Citation Score: 175.105346
- Max Citation Score: 207.63463
- Similarity Product: 168.37686869375406

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

Dataset: test