PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107855
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["315", "111210"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a plasma source assembly and process chamber design that can be used for any number of substrate processing techniques. The plasma source may include a plurality of discrete electrodes that are integrated with a reference electrode and a gas feed structure to generate a uniform, stable and repeatable plasma during processing. The plurality of discrete electrodes include an array of electrodes that can be biased separately, in groups or all in unison, relative to a reference electrode. The plurality of discrete electrodes may include a plurality of conductive rods that are positioned to generate a plasma within a processing region of a process chamber. The plurality of discrete electrodes is provided RF power from standing or traveling waves imposed on a power distribution element to which the electrodes are connected.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of the reference electrode surrounds each of the discrete electrodes in the array of discrete electrodes of the plurality of discrete electrodes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93243
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16107844', '16059608', '12435526', '11298804', '13749226']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7304286539865819
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5469543915977666
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7120812277477004
- Mean Citation Score: 257.767758
- Max Citation Score: 389.41425
- Similarity Product: 275.7992251755595

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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