PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16432930
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["315", "111210"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a plasma source assembly and process chamber design that can be used for any number of substrate processing techniques. The plasma source may include a plurality of discrete electrodes that are integrated with a reference electrode and a gas feed structure to generate a uniform, stable and repeatable plasma during processing. The plurality of discrete electrodes include an array of electrodes that can be biased separately, in groups or all in unison, relative to a reference electrode. The plurality of discrete electrodes may include a plurality of conductive rods that are positioned to generate a plasma within a processing region of a process chamber. The plurality of discrete electrodes is provided RF power from standing or traveling waves imposed on a power distribution element to which the electrodes are connected.

Claim (Index 13):
A plasma source assembly, comprising:\n a reference electrode having an electrode surface, wherein the reference electrode is coupled to a ground; a first power distribution element connected to a first plurality of discrete electrodes arranged in a first zone, a second power distribution element connected to a second plurality of discrete electrodes arranged in a second zone, and each of the discrete electrodes includes an end that is disposed a first distance from the outer surface of the plasma source assembly in a direction that is perpendicular to the outer surface; an RF signal generator that is configured to provide RF power to a first connection point on the first power distribution element or the second power distribution element; and a circuit element that comprises one or more electrical reactance elements and is configured to allow a current to flow from a second connection point on the first power distribution element or the second power distribution element to the ground.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93243
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16059608', '16107844', '16107855', '13095720', '12132133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7232382790210677
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5528870885747535
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7062031599764363
- Mean Citation Score: 305.479028
- Max Citation Score: 409.66837
- Similarity Product: 382.05988055322

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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