PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16009331
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "329000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are embodiments of a semiconductor structure that includes a vertical field effect transistor (VFET). The VFET has a fin-shaped body that includes a semiconductor fin and an isolation fin. The semiconductor fin extends vertically between lower and upper source/drain regions. The isolation fin is adjacent to and in end-to-end alignment with the semiconductor fin. The VFET gate has a main section that wraps around an outer end and opposing sidewalls of the semiconductor fin and an extension section that extends from the main section along at least the opposing sidewalls of a lower portion the isolation fin and, optionally, around an outer end of that lower portion. A gate contact lands on the isolation fin and extends along the opposing sidewalls and, optionally, the outer end of the isolation fin down to the extension section. Also disclosed are method embodiments for forming these structures.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 15 , the replacing comprising replacing the end portion and sidewall spacers adjacent to the end portion with the isolation fin such that the isolation fin is wider than the semiconductor fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28986
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15676219', '15873156', '15994392', '15709500', '15723472']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9386296223141642
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5688319442142163
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9016498545041696
- Mean Citation Score: 418.613706
- Max Citation Score: 479.88373
- Similarity Product: 387.0690558505689

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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