PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16240887
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["438", "299000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor arrangement and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor arrangement comprises a conductive contact in contact with a substantially planar first top surface of a first active area, the contact between and in contact with a first alignment spacer and a second alignment spacer both having substantially vertical outer surfaces. The contact formed between the first alignment spacer and the second alignment spacer has a more desired contact shape then a contact formed between alignment spacers that do not have substantially vertical outer surfaces. The substantially planar surface of the first active area is indicative of a substantially undamaged structure of the first active area as compared to an active area that is not substantially planar. The substantially undamaged first active area has a greater contact area for the contact and a lower contact resistance as compared to a damaged first active area.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of forming a semiconductor arrangement comprising:\n forming a source/drain region; depositing alignment material over a first gate structure, a second gate structure, and the source/drain region, wherein the alignment material comprises at least one of Si 3 N 4 , SiON, SiCN, or SiOCN; forming a first alignment spacer adjacent a first sidewall spacer of the first gate structure; forming a second alignment spacer adjacent a first sidewall spacer of the second gate structure; and forming a conductive contact over a source/drain region and between the first alignment spacer and the second alignment spacer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55932
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15640635', '15179054', '14208157', '15429894', '15240680']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8690260815509845
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5061247496329876
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8327359483591849
- Mean Citation Score: 240.39233200000004
- Max Citation Score: 300.90628
- Similarity Product: 269.0571673631501

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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