PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954843
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "329000"]

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first semiconductor layer having a first concentration of germanium on a semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor layer having a second concentration of germanium on the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer having a third concentration of germanium on the second semiconductor layer. The method also includes patterning the first, second and third semiconductor layers into at least one fin, and reducing a width of the second semiconductor layer of the at least one fin. In the method, a bottom source/drain region is grown from the substrate adjacent a base portion of the at least one fin, a gate structure is formed on and around the second semiconductor layer, and a top source/drain region is grown from the third semiconductor layer.

Claim (Index 2):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising selectively forming a plurality of oxide mask layers on sides of the first and third semiconductor layers to mask the first and third semiconductor layers during a process to reduce the width of the second semiconductor layer of the at least one fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.89796
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15916525', '15156923', '15935468', '15848861', '15854229']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9103946026660676
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.519441736875751
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8712993160870359
- Mean Citation Score: 280.88423
- Max Citation Score: 294.82275
- Similarity Product: 204.34394286467133

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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