PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059608
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
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 4):
The plasma source assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:\n each of the discrete electrodes has an outer surface that has a discrete electrode surface area that comprises an area of the outer surface disposed from the end of the discrete electrode to the electrode surface of the reference electrode; the electrode surface has a reference electrode surface area; and a ratio of the sum of all of the discrete electrode surface areas to the reference electrode surface area is between 0.8 and 1.2.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93243
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15955588', '13095720', '12435526', '10241653', '12132133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.788920182845536
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4813649394400502
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7581646585049874
- Mean Citation Score: 161.94364000000004
- Max Citation Score: 165.97307
- Similarity Product: 118.5790050791812

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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