PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919896
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["326", "095000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to hold-time compensation using free metal segments or other electrically-conductive segments of an IC are described. An integrated circuit (IC) having free segment hold-time compensation may include a monolithic semiconductor substrate which has a first device and a second device disposed thereon. In addition, the IC may include an electrical node electrically connecting the first and second devices. The electrical node may include one or more electrically-conductive elements that contribute to a total capacitance at the electrical node such that the total capacitance at the electrical node has a value that fulfills a hold-time requirement at the electrical node.

Claim (Index 9):
The IC of  claim 4 , wherein:\n the at least one compensation stub is electrically coupled to the primary wiring by having the fixed end connected to a joint location of the primary wiring, the joint location is located on a first metal layer of the IC and the fixed end is located on a second metal layer of the IC different than the first metal layer, and the fixed end is connected to the joint location through one or more vias or stacked vias between the first and second metal layers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77419
- Patent Class: 326.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14582971', '10682351', '14583018', '14583007', '14582984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.659023456382868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4880216039806387
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.641923271142645
- Mean Citation Score: 140.10854999999998
- Max Citation Score: 141.82858000000004
- Similarity Product: 83.96617241546633

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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