PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874766
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["438", "763000"]

Abstract:
Methods for depositing nanolaminate protective layers over a core layer to enable deposition of high quality conformal films over the core layer for use in advanced multiple patterning schemes are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods involve depositing a thin silicon oxide or titanium oxide film using plasma-based atomic layer deposition techniques with a low high frequency radio frequency (HFRF) plasma power, followed by depositing a conformal titanium oxide film or spacer with a high HFRF plasma power.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of patterning a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising:\n prior to depositing a conformal film on a core layer, depositing a nanolaminate protective layer on a patterned core layer; depositing a conformal film on the nanolaminate protective layer; planarizing the conformal film to expose the patterned core layer; and selectively etching the patterned core layer to form a mask.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15177108', '14194324', '15224347', '15253546', '15279312']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8705950328507863
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5729068686886417
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8408262164345719
- Mean Citation Score: 361.84008200000005
- Max Citation Score: 521.6304299999998
- Similarity Product: 365.2344141131507

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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