PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15750158
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
Methods of selectively nitriding surfaces of semiconductor devices are disclosed. For example, a hardmask is formed on the top portion of the fins to create SOI structure. The hardmask may be formed by nitriding the top portion of the fin. In other embodiments, silicon nitride is grown on the top portion of the fin to form the hard masks. In another example, internal spacers are formed between adjacent nanowires in a gate-all-around structure. The internal spacers may be formed by nitriding the remaining interlayer material between the channel region and source and drain regions.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein the plasma generated nitrogen selectively consumes the remaining silicon in the interface regions to form silicon nitride internal spacers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80702
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15816037', '14964968', '15055830', '15339665', '14659796']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9260392443647286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5012626759910425
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.88356158752736
- Mean Citation Score: 229.49145
- Max Citation Score: 232.59586
- Similarity Product: 156.12508764233826

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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