PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144232
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "221000"]

Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, first to third active fins are formed on a substrate. Each of the first to third active fins extends in a first direction, and the second active fin, the first active fin, and the third active fin are disposed in this order in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second active fin is removed using a first etching mask covering the first and third active fins. The third active fin is removed using a second etching mask covering the first active fin and a portion of the substrate from which the second active fin is removed. A first gate structure is formed on the first active fin. A first source/drain layer is formed on a portion of the first active fin adjacent the first gate structure.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:\n forming a plurality of active fins on a substrate, each of the plurality of active fins extending in a first direction substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, and the plurality of active fins being spaced apart from each other by a given distance in a second direction substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and substantially perpendicular to the first direction; etching the active fins using a first etching mask covering a first active fin and a second active fin of the plurality of active fins, the second active fin being adjacent a first side of the first active fin; etching the active fins using a second etching mask covering the first active fin, a portion of the second active fin, and a portion of the substrate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of active fins adjacent a second side of the first active fin and removed using the first etching mask; forming first and second gate structures, the first gate structure extending in the second direction on the first active fin, and the second gate structure extending in the second direction on the first active fin and the portion of the second active fin; and forming first and second source/drain layers, the first source/drain layer being on a portion of the first active fin adjacent the first gate structure, and the second source/drain layer being on a portion of the first active fin adjacent the second gate structure and the portion of the second active fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.17391
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15658964', '15634343', '15058466', '16005915', '15351739']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.871779002487693
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5235455383462869
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8369556560735525
- Mean Citation Score: 290.912512
- Max Citation Score: 347.30502
- Similarity Product: 299.0799468292165

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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