PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933812
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor fin that extends from a substrate. The first semiconductor fin has source and drain regions, which are separated from one another by a channel region in the first semiconductor fin. A gate overlies an upper surface and sidewalls of the channel region. A contact is coupled to the source or drain region of the first semiconductor fin, where the source or drain region includes a layer of epitaxial material with a substantially diamond-shaped cross-section. The contact surrounds the source or drain region on top and bottom surfaces of the substantially diamond-shaped cross-section. A first capping material is arranged along outer sidewalls of the first semiconductor fin under the contact. The first capping material has an uppermost surface that is spaced below a lowermost surface of the contact by a non-zero distance.

Claim (Index 13):
The semiconductor device of  claim 9 , wherein:\n the first and second source regions and the first and second drain regions comprise a layer of epitaxial material with a substantially diamond-shaped cross-section; an upper portion of the substantially diamond-shaped cross-section comprises a concave recess; and the first wrap-around contacts and the second wrap-around contacts each comprise a convex protrusion that respectively engages a concave recess.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27536
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15231967', '14196320', '14225912', '14599246', '14880454']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.92608780453022
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4955803833957696
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8830370624167749
- Mean Citation Score: 198.556098
- Max Citation Score: 249.79156
- Similarity Product: 200.71237135455848

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

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