PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15905086
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["438", "109000"]

Abstract:
Interconnect structures with intermetallic palladium joints are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming an interconnect structure includes depositing a first conductive material comprising nickel on a first conductive surface of a first die, and depositing a second conductive material comprising nickel on a second conductive surface of a second die spaced apart from the first surface. The method further includes depositing a third conductive material on the second conductive material, and thermally compressing tin/solder between the first and third conductive materials to form an intermetallic palladium joint that extends between the first conductive material and the second conductive material such that one end of the intermetallic palladium joint is bonded directly to the first conductive material and an opposite end of the intermetallic palladium joint is bonded directly to the second conductive material.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 13  wherein the conductive film comprises palladium, and wherein the method further comprises:\n disposing solder between the palladium and the first conductive element, wherein the solder comprises tin; and \n disposing nickel between the solder and the first conductive element and/or between the palladium and the second conductive element, \n wherein each of the intermetallic features comprises a portion of the palladium, a portion of the tin, and a portion of the nickel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53571
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15425956', '14509912', '15229618', '15162209', '14282606']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8645142255056611
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4889845919833902
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.826961262153434
- Mean Citation Score: 190.84743000000003
- Max Citation Score: 258.62326
- Similarity Product: 232.3341903045094

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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