PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15761475
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "448000"]

Abstract:
The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and a manufacturing method which enables sensitivity of an imaging apparatus using infrared rays to be improved. The imaging apparatus includes: a light-receiving element array in which a plurality of light-receiving elements including a compound semiconductor having light-receiving sensitivity in an infrared range are arrayed; a signal processing circuit that processes a signal from the light-receiving element; an upper electrode formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving element; and a lower electrode that is paired with the upper electrode, in which the light-receiving element array and the signal processing circuit are joined to each other with a film of a predetermined material, the upper electrode and the signal processing circuit are connected to each other through a through-via-hole penetrating a part of the light-receiving element, and the lower electrode is made as an electrode common to the light-receiving elements arrayed in the light-receiving element array. The present technology can be applied to an infrared sensor.

Claim (Index 10):
The manufacturing method according to  claim 7 , further comprising\n a step of connecting, at an outer peripheral portion of the light-receiving element array, the lower electrode to an electrode provided in a lower portion of the light-receiving element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.39726
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16064594', '13640922', '15778940', '12651633', '16083070']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.909099557146978
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4964841809411194
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8678380195263922
- Mean Citation Score: 179.613898
- Max Citation Score: 183.37991
- Similarity Product: 111.7883835872948

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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