PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15889248
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["438", "013000"]

Abstract:
A method of tailoring BEOL RC parametrics to improve chip performance. According to the method, an integrated circuit design on an integrated circuit chip is analyzed. The analysis comprises calculating Vmax for vias and metal lines in the integrated circuit design over a range of sizes for the vias and the metal lines. Predicted use voltage for applications on the integrated circuit chip is determined. The size or the location of at least one of the vias and the metal lines is tailored based on performance parameters of the integrated circuit chip.

Claim (Index 1):
A computer program product for tailoring BEOL RC parametrics to improve chip performance in an integrated circuit design, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being readable and executable by a computerized device to cause said computerized device to perform a method comprising:\n analyzing a circuit design for an integrated circuit chip, said analyzing comprising determining Vmax for vias and metal lines in said circuit design over a range of sizes for said vias and metal lines, Vmax defining spacing between features on the integrated circuit chip due to time dependent dielectric breakdown based on-device characteristics; determining predicted use voltage for applications on said integrated circuit chip; comparing said predicted use voltage to said Vmax determined for said vias and metal lines; and creating a modified circuit design based on performance parameters of said integrated circuit chip, said modified circuit design using a lower voltage for Vmax.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92157
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14872302', '15083692', '13649699', '13745732', '13677373']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8172684803521786
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5226524124242123
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7878068735593821
- Mean Citation Score: 189.405578
- Max Citation Score: 325.0479
- Similarity Product: 287.9729996275306

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

Dataset: test