PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16212861
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["257", "004000"]

Abstract:
Memory cell architectures and methods of forming the same are provided. An example memory cell can include a switch element and a memory element formed in series with the switch element. A smallest lateral dimension of the switch element is different than a smallest lateral dimension of the memory element.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of forming a memory cell, the method comprising:\n forming a stack of materials, wherein forming the stack of materials includes:\n forming a first electrode in physical contact with a memory element, \n forming a switch element in series with the memory element, \n forming a second electrode in physical contact with the memory element and the switch element, and \n forming a third electrode in physical contact with the switch element; \n performing a first etch, by a directional process, of the memory element before etching the second electrode; performing a second etch, by the directional process, of the second electrode; performing a third etch, by the directional process, of the switch element before etching the third electrode; performing a second etch, by a selective process before etching the third electrode, of the switch element to a smallest lateral dimension that is less than a smallest lateral dimension to which the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode are to be etched; and performing a fourth etch of the third electrode, wherein the first etch, the second etch, the third etch, and the fourth etch are performed subsequent to forming the stack of materials.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70968
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15479403', '14867185', '14036788', '14972152', '15398475']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.902124634340343
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5070573576928982
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8626179066755985
- Mean Citation Score: 238.270856
- Max Citation Score: 293.5404
- Similarity Product: 265.3084302836894

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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