PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16240887
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["438", "299000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor arrangement and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor arrangement comprises a conductive contact in contact with a substantially planar first top surface of a first active area, the contact between and in contact with a first alignment spacer and a second alignment spacer both having substantially vertical outer surfaces. The contact formed between the first alignment spacer and the second alignment spacer has a more desired contact shape then a contact formed between alignment spacers that do not have substantially vertical outer surfaces. The substantially planar surface of the first active area is indicative of a substantially undamaged structure of the first active area as compared to an active area that is not substantially planar. The substantially undamaged first active area has a greater contact area for the contact and a lower contact resistance as compared to a damaged first active area.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 14 , wherein:\n forming the first alignment spacer comprises forming the first alignment spacer over a first portion of the source/drain region, and forming the second alignment spacer comprises forming the second alignment spacer over a second portion of the source/drain region, wherein a recess is defined by the source/drain region, the first alignment spacer, and the second alignment spacer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55932
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15640635', '15179054', '14208157', '15429894', '15240680']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8813506189996806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5186140935484334
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8450769664545559
- Mean Citation Score: 240.39233200000004
- Max Citation Score: 300.90628
- Similarity Product: 213.42017440013407

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

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