PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993726
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein relate generally to one or more methods for forming an interconnect structure, such as a dual damascene interconnect structure comprising a conductive line and a conductive via, and structures formed thereby. In some embodiments, an interconnect opening is formed through one or more dielectric layers over a semiconductor substrate. The interconnect opening has a via opening and a trench over the via opening. A conductive via is formed in the via opening. A nucleation enhancement treatment is performed on one or more exposed dielectric surfaces of the trench. A conductive line is formed in the trench on the one or more exposed dielectric surfaces of the trench and on the conductive via.

Claim (Index 11):
A structure comprising:\n a semiconductor substrate; one or more dielectric layers over the semiconductor substrate; and an interconnect structure disposed in the one or more dielectric layers, the interconnect structure comprising:\n a conductive via; and \n a conductive line over the conductive via, the conductive line being disposed over a horizontal surface of the one or more dielectric layers, a same species being disposed at the horizontal surface of the one or more dielectric layers and an upper surface of the conductive via at an interface between the conductive via and a conductive fill material of the conductive line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25455
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14220814', '15830838', '14553207', '15442307', '14874307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8942188468419963
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4722611512814048
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8520230772859371
- Mean Citation Score: 145.49021399999995
- Max Citation Score: 147.98055
- Similarity Product: 107.1236258814454

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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