PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16161178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["438", "069000"]

Abstract:
An encapsulated integrated photodetector waveguide structures with alignment tolerance and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s). The method further includes forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure.

Claim (Index 14):
A structure comprising:\n a waveguide structure; and a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure, which comprises dielectric material on a portion of the waveguide structure and annealed polycrystalline material on the dielectric material; and an upper hardmask material on the polycrystalline material, wherein the upper hardmask material and the dielectric material are both oxide material or nitride material on a bottom surface, top surface and sidewalls of the annealed polycrystalline material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.35897
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15406125', '15210423', '15404981', '14963520', '14833542']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8531047542302008
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4764601951897172
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8154402983261525
- Mean Citation Score: 239.199704
- Max Citation Score: 258.2372
- Similarity Product: 225.50286628561017

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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