PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385271
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "421000"]

Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for forming a top-electrode cap structure on a memory cell. In some embodiments, a method for forming a top-electrode cap structure on a memory cell. The method includes providing a memory cell comprising a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a resistive memory element sandwiched between the top and bottom electrodes. An etch is performed into an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer covering the memory cell to form a via opening exposing the top electrode of the memory cell. A getter layer is then formed to line the via opening, and further, over and abutting the top electrode of the memory cell. An oxygen-resistant layer is formed over and abutting the getter layer.

Claim (Index 11):
The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the titanium-rich layer and the titanium nitride layer are deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15687976', '16202493', '14645683', '15715487', '15362153']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9196726179126532
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5191324343256146
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8796185995539493
- Mean Citation Score: 219.048454
- Max Citation Score: 281.3431
- Similarity Product: 185.4800729199409

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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