PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16037889
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "537000"]

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a thin film resistor (TFR) module in an integrated circuit (IC) structure may include forming a trench in a dielectric region; forming a TFR element in the trench, the TFR element including a laterally-extending TFR region and a TFR ridge extending upwardly from a laterally-extending TFR region; depositing at least one metal layer over the TFR element; and patterning the at least one metal layer and etching the at least one metal layer using a metal etch to define a pair of metal TFR heads over the TFR element, wherein the metal etch also removes at least a portion of the upwardly-extending TFR ridge. The method may also include forming at least one conductive TFR contact extending through the TFR element and in contact with a respective TFR head to thereby increase a conductive path between the respective TFR head and the TFR element.

Claim (Index 24):
The TFR module of  claim 16 , wherein the conductive TFR contact includes:\n at least one side surface in contact with the upwardly extending vertical TFR ridge; and a top surface in contact with the first TFR head; wherein the conductive TFR contact increases a conductivity between the TFR element and the first TFR head.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33824
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16034423', '16037941', '15855576', '15855635', '15872429']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9236085342674436
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5341601498516408
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8846636958258633
- Mean Citation Score: 240.91046600000004
- Max Citation Score: 358.2349
- Similarity Product: 194.88077840416432

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

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