PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887819
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "384000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for forming a continuous adhesion layer for a contact plug. A method includes forming an opening through a dielectric layer to an active area on a substrate. The method includes performing a first plasma treatment along a sidewall of the opening. The method includes performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to form a metal nitride layer along the sidewall of the opening. The ALD process includes a plurality of cycles. Each cycle includes flowing a precursor to form a metal monolayer along the sidewall and performing a second plasma treatment to treat the metal monolayer with nitrogen. The method includes depositing a conductive material on the metal nitride layer in the opening to form a conductive feature.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 16 , wherein the side surfaces comprise an interlayer dielectric (ILD) material, and wherein the forming the dielectric layer over the fin further comprises forming a void between the source/drain region and an adjacent source/drain region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19672
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15815059', '15802729', '15613485', '15825533', '15691871']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.920382782706046
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4791074303605577
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8762552474714973
- Mean Citation Score: 181.240564
- Max Citation Score: 199.15573
- Similarity Product: 155.31022026569127

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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