PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938043
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "324000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate includes first and second source/drain regions which are separated from one another by a channel region. The channel region includes a first portion adjacent to the first source/drain region and a second portion adjacent the second source/drain region. A select gate is spaced over the first portion of the channel region and is separated from the first portion of the channel region by a select gate dielectric. A memory gate is spaced over the second portion of the channel region and is separated from the second portion of the channel region by a charge-trapping dielectric structure. The charge-trapping dielectric structure extends upwardly alongside the memory gate to separate neighboring sidewalls of the select gate and memory gate from one another. An oxide spacer or nitride-free spacer is arranged in a sidewall recess of the charge-trapping dielectric structure nearest the second source/drain region.

Claim (Index 16):
The integrated circuit of  claim 15 , wherein the first oxide spacer or nitride-free spacer extends upwardly along an outer sidewall of the memory gate sidewall spacer, and has an upper surface that is tapered to have a first height at the memory gate sidewall spacer and a second, reduced height nearer the second source/drain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81818
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14933046', '14733011', '14688011', '14332556', '14980165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.924710762244335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4928226243650749
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.881521948456409
- Mean Citation Score: 219.89003
- Max Citation Score: 251.11055
- Similarity Product: 204.15858557950853

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

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