PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method for forming the semiconductor device that includes forming a gate opening to a channel region of a fin structure; and forming a dielectric layer on the fin structure, in which an upper portion of the fin structure is exposed. A metal is formed within the gate opening. The portions of the metal directly contacting the upper surface of fin structure provide a body contact. The combination of the metal within the gate opening to the channel region of the fin structure and the dielectric layer provide a functional gate structure to the semiconductor device.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for forming the semiconductor device comprising:\n doping a fin structure to a partially depleted dopant level; forming a sacrificial gate structure on a channel portion of the fin structure; forming source and drain regions on opposing sides of the channel portion of the fin structure; depositing a dielectric layer over the source and drain regions having an upper surface coplanar with the sacrificial gate structure; removing the sacrificial gate structure to provide a gate opening to the channel portion of the fin structure; forming a dielectric layer on the fin structure, in which an upper portion of the fin structure is exposed by removing a horizontally orientated portion of the dielectric layer, wherein a recessed vertically orientated portion of the dielectric layer remains; and forming a metal within the gate opening, wherein portions of the metal directly contacting the upper surface of fin structure provide a body contact to a partially depleted portion of the fin structure that reduces floating body effects, and a combination of the metal within the gate opening to the channel region of the fin structure and the dielectric layer provide a functional gate structure to the semiconductor device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26667
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15182995', '14184229', '15342477', '15250166', '15715593']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9317368906505876
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5184819624005959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8904113978255884
- Mean Citation Score: 334.956038
- Max Citation Score: 336.47302
- Similarity Product: 283.7953041083813

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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