PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16048777
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
An interconnect apparatus and a method of forming the interconnect apparatus is provided. Two integrated circuits are bonded together. A first opening is formed through one of the substrates. A multi-layer dielectric film is formed along sidewalls and a bottom of the first opening. A second opening is formed extending from the first opening to pads in the integrated circuits. A dielectric liner is formed, and the opening is filled with a conductive material to form a conductive plug.

Claim (Index 15):
An apparatus comprising:\n a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being opposite the second surface; a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface, the third surface being opposite the fourth surface, the second surface facing the third surface; a plurality of dielectric layers interposed between the second surface of the first substrate and the third surface of the second substrate; a plurality of conductive interconnects in the plurality of dielectric layers; a conductive plug extending from the first surface of the first substrate to a first conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects through a second conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects, the conductive plug electrically connecting the first conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects to the second conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects, a width of the conductive plug decreasing as the conductive plug extends through the second conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects toward the first conductive interconnect of the plurality of conductive interconnects; a first liner between a sidewall the conductive plug and the first substrate, a topmost surface of the first liner being level with a topmost surface of the conductive plug; and a second liner between the first liner and the first substrate, a portion of the second liner extending along the first surface of the first substrate, a topmost surface of the second liner being level with the topmost surface of the conductive plug.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91111
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14135153', '15231419', '15944069', '14020370', '15076115']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9129109329966146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4903201513687283
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.870651854833826
- Mean Citation Score: 190.857476
- Max Citation Score: 208.36946
- Similarity Product: 144.87493507516862

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

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