PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15988145
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "754000"]

Abstract:
A process for forming a conductive structure includes the formation of a self-aligned silicide cap over a cobalt-based contact. The silicide cap is formed in situ by the deposition of a thin silicon layer over exposed portions of a cobalt contact, followed by heat treatment to react the deposited silicon with the cobalt and form cobalt silicide, which is an effective barrier to cobalt migration and oxidation.

Claim (Index 4):
The semiconductor structure of  claim 1 , further comprising an interlayer dielectric disposed over the cobalt silicide capping layer and over the dielectric layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51064
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15347119', '15416152', '15630002', '15791658', '15801933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.902622992181774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5221586292999414
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8645765558935907
- Mean Citation Score: 245.703692
- Max Citation Score: 314.4664
- Similarity Product: 240.69970278086663

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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