PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16154009
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "347000"]

Abstract:
Techniques for forming an odd number of fins by SIT are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming an odd number of fins by SIT includes the steps of: forming a pad layer on a substrate; forming at least one mandrel on the pad layer; forming a first pair of spacers on opposite sides of the mandrel; forming a second pair of spacers on a side of the first pair of spacers opposite the mandrel; removing the first pair of spacers selective to the mandrel and the second pair of spacers; and patterning the odd number of fins in the substrate using a combination of the mandrel and the second pair of spacers as fin masks. A method of forming a finFET device and a fin device structure are also provided.

Claim (Index 12):
A fin field-effect transistor (finFET) device, comprising:\n at least one first fin array and at least one second fin array patterned in a substrate, wherein the first fin array and the second fin array each comprise an odd number of fins, and wherein a spacing between the first fin array and the second fin array is independent of a fin pitch; gates over portions of the at least one first fin array and the at least one second fin array that serve as channel regions of the device; and doped source and drain regions formed on portions of the at least one first fin array and the at least one second fin array extending out from the gates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.62963
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14867789', '13767932', '14739008', '15812807', '13972242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9089395854164308
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5512215045359002
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8731677773283779
- Mean Citation Score: 298.956744
- Max Citation Score: 405.01
- Similarity Product: 321.40607177615163

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

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