PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862064
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "384000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are methods of forming improved fin-type field effect transistor (FINFET) structures and, particularly, relatively tall single-fin FINFET structures that provide increased drive current over conventional single-fin FINFET structures. The use of such a tall single-fin FINFET provides significant area savings over a FINFET that requires multiple semiconductor fins to achieve the same amount of drive current. Furthermore, since only a single fin is used, only a single leakage path is present at the bottom of the device. Thus, the disclosed FINFET structures can be incorporated into a cell in place of multi-fin FINFETs in order to allow for cell height scaling without violating critical design rules or sacrificing performance.

Claim (Index 18):
The integrated circuit structure of  claim 16 , further comprising a first gate contact on the first top surface adjacent to the dielectric-filled gate cut trench and a second gate contact on the second top surface adjacent to the dielectric-filled gate cut trench, wherein the first gate contact and the second gate contact are each physically separated from the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin, respectively, by at least a predetermined minimum gate contact to fin distance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47561
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15387933', '15658835', '15844840', '15487636', '15632922']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9318281821701698
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5689215283463004
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8955375167877828
- Mean Citation Score: 371.574528
- Max Citation Score: 475.87143
- Similarity Product: 387.6703902540564

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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