PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16038426
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method for filling gaps between structures includes forming a plurality of high aspect ratio structures adjacent to one another with gaps, forming a first dielectric layer on tops of the structures and conformally depositing a spacer dielectric layer over the structures. The spacer dielectric layer is removed from horizontal surfaces and a protection layer is conformally deposited over the structures. The gaps are filled with a flowable dielectric, which is recessed to a height along sidewalls of the structures by a selective etch process such that the protection layer protects the spacer dielectric layer on sidewalls of the structures. The first dielectric layer and the spacer dielectric layer are exposed above the height using a higher etch resistance than the protection layer to maintain dimensions of the spacer layer dielectric through the etching processes. The gaps are filled by a high density plasma fill.

Claim (Index 8):
The device as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of high aspect ratio structures includes at least a gate material and a first dielectric layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17143
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15426573', '15625360', '15092272', '15624156', '15342801']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.937900465801434
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5682198811613737
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.900932407337428
- Mean Citation Score: 433.988142
- Max Citation Score: 439.1823
- Similarity Product: 395.5685539406418

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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