PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16222300
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A representative method for manufacturing fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) includes steps of forming a plurality of fin structures over a substrate, and forming a plurality of isolation structures interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures. Upper portions of the fin and isolation structures are etched. Epitaxial structures are formed over respective fin structures, with each of the epitaxial structures adjoining adjacent epitaxial structures. A dielectric layer is deposited over the plurality of epitaxial structures with void regions formed in the dielectric layer. The void regions are interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures.

Claim (Index 18):
A method comprising:\n forming a plurality of fin structures over a substrate; forming a plurality of isolation structures laterally between respective pairs of the plurality of fin structures; etching an upper portion of the plurality of fin structures; growing an epitaxial source/drain region over respective ones of the plurality of fin structures; and depositing a dielectric layer over and on the epitaxial source/drain region, a plurality of void regions being formed in the dielectric layer during the depositing, each of the plurality of void regions being laterally between respective pairs of the plurality of fin structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15623066', '15074587', '13863963', '15177917', '15680711']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8971922939244097
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5116707503867949
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8586401395706482
- Mean Citation Score: 213.12276
- Max Citation Score: 284.47058
- Similarity Product: 223.2948816674733

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

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