PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868479
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to middle of the line self-aligned direct pattern contacts and methods of manufacture. The structures described herein include: at least one gate structure with a metallization and source/drain regions; a source/drain contact in electrical connection with the source/drain regions, respectively; and a contact structure with a re-entrant profile in electrical connection with the source/drain contact and the metallization of the at least one gate structure, respectively.

Claim (Index 1):
A structure comprising:\n a plurality of gate structures each composed of a metallization and source/drain regions; a plurality of source/drain contacts each of which are in electrical connection with the source/drain regions; spacers which separate each of the plurality of gate structures from each of the plurality of source/drain contacts; a first contact structure with a re-entrant profile and a stepped profile overhanging the spacers on opposing sides of a selected source drain/contact of the plurality of source/drain contacts, the first contact structure being in electrical connection with the selected source/drain contact; and a second contact structure with a re-entrant profile and a stepped profile overhanging the spacers on opposing sides of at least one selected gate structure of the plurality of gate structures, the second contact being in electrical connection with the metallization of the aat least one selected gate structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93182
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15399200', '15658570', '15345882', '15437065', '15647400']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.91671942986073
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5006784319336333
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8751153300680203
- Mean Citation Score: 227.345544
- Max Citation Score: 255.07521
- Similarity Product: 182.4381387811267

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

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