PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971043
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "283000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a semiconductor device including a plurality of fins formed above a substrate, an isolation structure positioned between the plurality of fins, a plurality of sacrificial gate structures defining gate cavities, and a first dielectric material positioned between the sacrificial gate structures. A gate cut structure is formed in a first gate cavity. A trim etch process is performed to reduce a width of the gate cut structure. Replacement gate structures are formed in the gate cavities after performing the trim etch process. A first replacement gate structure in the first gate cavity is segmented by the gate cut structure.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein forming said gate cut structure comprises:\n forming a liner layer in said gate cavities; forming a patterning layer above said first dielectric material and in said gate cavities, said patterning layer having a first opening positioned above and extending into a first portion of said first gate cavity positioned between first and second subsets of said plurality of fins; forming a second dielectric material in said first opening and in said first portion of said first gate cavity to form a gate cut structure; removing said patterning layer and said liner layer from said gate cavities; and performing said trim etch process to reduce a width of said gate cut structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26531
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15958593', '15165294', '15050540', '14674924', '15219370']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8663092850634148
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5231152320155568
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8319898797586289
- Mean Citation Score: 291.361372
- Max Citation Score: 321.72028
- Similarity Product: 273.0705754005026

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

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