PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16122318
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "784000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor device including a test pad contact and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device may include a first metal feature and a second metal feature disposed in a single top metal layer over a substrate. A test pad may be formed over and electrically connected to the first metal feature. A first passivation layer may be formed over the second metal feature and the test pad and may cover top and side surfaces of the test pad. A first via may be formed penetrating the first passivation layer and contacting the test pad and a second via may be formed penetrating the first passivation layer and contacting the second metal feature.

Claim (Index 1):
A method comprising:\n forming a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature over a substrate; forming a test pad over and electrically connected to the first conductive feature; forming a bond layer over the test pad and the second conductive feature; etching the bond layer to form a first opening extending to the test pad; etching the bond layer to form a second opening extending to the second conductive feature; and forming a first bond pad and a second bond pad in the first opening and the second opening, respectively, wherein the first bond pad is electrically coupled to the test pad and the second bond pad is electrically coupled to the second conductive feature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.82222
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14980044', '15894324', '10389455', '09927675', '15143950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9112035255775164
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4531813789286741
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8654013109126323
- Mean Citation Score: 160.56644
- Max Citation Score: 164.68246000000005
- Similarity Product: 141.06119186038495

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

Dataset: test