PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16020178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["392", "418000"]

Abstract:
A method for processing a workpiece is provided. The method can include placing a workpiece on a susceptor disposed within a processing chamber. The method can include performing a multi-cycle thermal treatment process on the workpiece in the processing chamber. The multi-cycle thermal treatment process can include at least two thermal cycles. Each thermal cycle of the at least two thermal cycles can include performing a first treatment on the workpiece at a first temperature; heating a device side surface of the workpiece to a second temperature in less than one second; performing a second treatment on the workpiece at approximately the second temperature; and cooling the workpiece subsequent to performing the second treatment.

Claim (Index 18):
A method for processing a workpiece, the method comprising:\n placing a workpiece on a susceptor disposed within a processing chamber; performing a multi-cycle thermal treatment process on the workpiece while the workpiece is within the processing chamber, the multi-cycle thermal treatment process comprising:\n performing a first treatment on the workpiece at a first temperature, the first treatment comprising exposing the workpiece to one or more species generated in a remote plasma chamber; \n heating, by one or more flash lamps, a device side surface of the workpiece to a second temperature; \n performing a second treatment on the workpiece at approximately the second temperature, the second treatment comprising an anneal treatment; \n subsequent to performing the second treatment, providing a flow of fluid through an interior of the susceptor to cool the workpiece; \n subsequent to providing the flow of fluid through the interior of the susceptor to cool the workpiece, performing a third treatment on the workpiece at approximately the first temperature; \n subsequent to performing the third treatment, heating, by the one or more flash lamps, the device side surface of the workpiece to approximately the second temperature; \n subsequent to performing the third treatment, performing a fourth treatment on the workpiece at approximately the second temperature; and \n subsequent to performing the fourth treatment, providing the flow of fluid through the interior of the susceptor to cool the workpiece, \n wherein the one or more flash lamps heat the device side surface of the workpiece to approximately the second temperature in less than about one second.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54167
- Patent Class: 392.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15958560', '15958601', '15843043', '13182341', '12053102']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7984040731277772
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.461768852385026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.764740551053502
- Mean Citation Score: 151.082146
- Max Citation Score: 155.49442
- Similarity Product: 123.46494673357724

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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