PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863079
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "676000"]

Abstract:
A method is for making a semiconductor device. The method may include providing a lead frame having a recess, forming a sacrificial material in the recess of the lead frame, and mounting an IC on the lead frame. The method may include encapsulating the IC and the lead frame, removing portions of the lead frame to define lead frame contacts for the IC, and removing the sacrificial material to define for each lead frame contact a solder anchoring tab extending outwardly at a lower region and defining a sidewall recess between opposing portions of the solder anchoring tab and the encapsulation material.

Claim (Index 1):
A semiconductor device comprising:\n an integrated circuit (IC); an IC die pad aligned with the IC; a plurality of lead frame contacts adjacent the IC die pad, each of the plurality of lead frame contacts comprising a solder anchoring tab extending outward from the IC die pad, the solder anchoring pad comprising an outer surface co-planar with the IC die pad and a sidewall orthogonal to the outer surface of the solder anchoring pad, the sidewall facing away from the IC die pad, the outer surface of the solder anchoring pad being configured to be soldered to a circuit board; a plurality of bond wires, each of the plurality of bond wires being coupled to one of the plurality of lead frame contacts; and encapsulation material surrounding the IC and the plurality of bond wires, each of the plurality of lead frame contacts comprising a sidewall recess between the solder anchoring tab and the encapsulation material, wherein the sidewall of the solder anchoring tab is co-planar with a sidewall of the encapsulating material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.18
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14753365', '14293274', '14449492', '14293364', '14957785']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.924584077478987
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5370261695990453
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8858282866909928
- Mean Citation Score: 301.920938
- Max Citation Score: 384.31363
- Similarity Product: 303.61002082046093

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

Dataset: test