PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957708
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "369000"]

Abstract:
Fin-based well straps are disclosed for improving performance of memory arrays, such as static random access memory arrays. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device includes a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET includes a first fin having a first width doped with the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant. The IC device further includes a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant. The fin-based well strap connects the doped region to a voltage. The fin-based well strap includes a second fin having a second width doped with the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant. The second width is greater than the first width. For example, a ratio of the second width to the first width is greater than about 1.1 and less than about 1.5.

Claim (Index 10):
A memory array comprising:\n a first row of well strap cells and a second row of well strap cells; a plurality of memory cells arranged in columns and rows, wherein the plurality of memory cells are disposed between the first row of well strap cells and the second row of well strap cells, such that each column of memory cells is disposed between a first well strap cell and a second well strap cell; wherein each of the memory cells include a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant, wherein the FinFET includes a first fin having a first width doped with the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant; and wherein the first well strap cell and the second well strap cell each include a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant, wherein the fin-based well strap includes a second fin having a second width doped with the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant, wherein the second width is greater than the first width, and wherein the fin-based well strap connects the doped region of the first type dopant to a voltage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.6129
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15827443', '11776118', '15718344', '13349349', '13788954']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.916566380276588
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5374325206923892
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8786529943181682
- Mean Citation Score: 254.566656
- Max Citation Score: 377.19095
- Similarity Product: 355.82281933344905

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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