PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16150249
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["257", "207000"]

Abstract:
A standard cell architecture provides an improved immunity to power-supply voltage-drop, does not induce power-supply voltage drop on a continuous-row power rail of a standard cell, and maintains standard-cell environment compatibility. A circuit includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer that are formed different distances above a substrate. At least one first standard cell drives a first timing signal and includes at least one transistor receiving power from a first power rail in the first metal layer. At least one second standard cell drives a second timing signal and includes at least one transistor receiving power from a second power rail in the second metal layer. The second power rail has both a low peak noise level and a resistance that is lower than that of the first metal layer.

Claim (Index 9):
A circuit having a standard cell architecture, the circuit comprising:\n a first metal layer formed a first distance above a substrate; a second metal layer formed a second distance above the substrate, the second distance being greater than the first distance; a third power rail at a distance above the substrate that is substantially equal to the first distance, the third power rail being electrically connected to the second power rail through at least one via; at least one first clock driver formed from a first standard cell that drives a first timing signal, the at least one first clock driver comprising at least one transistor receiving power from a first power rail in the first metal layer; and at least one second clock driver formed from a second standard cell that drives a second timing signal, the at least one second clock driver comprising at least one transistor receiving power from a second power rail in the second metal layer, and the at least one second clock driver being connected to the second power rail through the third power rail.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15385
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15479633', '15487222', '12390807', '11870330', '13886423']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9068922289907448
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4656741338070163
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.862770419472372
- Mean Citation Score: 145.341878
- Max Citation Score: 156.6972
- Similarity Product: 119.70737673418525

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

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