PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107844
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 20):
The plasma source assembly of  claim 14 , wherein each of the discrete electrodes within the array of discrete electrodes comprises a conductive rod that is disposed within an electrode shield, and the electrode shield comprises a dielectric or semiconducting material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93243
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16059608', '16107855', '12435526', '15955588', '13100605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8280963736899462
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5437994662008593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7996666829410375
- Mean Citation Score: 259.689146
- Max Citation Score: 393.6141
- Similarity Product: 322.98831775472763

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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