PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15939211
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing metallic interconnects for an integrated circuit includes forming an interconnect layout including at least one line including a non-diffusing material, forming a diffusing barrier layer on the line, forming an opening extending completely through the diffusing barrier layer and exposing a portion of the line, depositing a diffusing layer on the diffusing barrier layer such that a portion of the diffusing layer contacts the portion of the line, and thermally reacting the diffusing layer to form the metallic interconnects. Thermally reacting the diffusing layer chemically diffuses a material of the diffusing layer into the at least one line and causes at least one crystalline grain to grow along a length of the at least one line from at least one nucleation site defined at an interface between the portions of the diffusing layer and the line.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing metallic interconnects for an integrated circuit, the method comprising:\n forming an interconnect layout comprising at least one line, the at least one line comprising a non-diffusing material; forming a diffusing barrier layer on the at least one line; forming at least one opening in the diffusing barrier layer, the at least one opening extending completely through the diffusing barrier layer and exposing a portion of the at least one line; depositing a diffusing layer on the diffusing barrier layer, a portion of the diffusing layer contacting the portion of the at least one line; and thermally reacting the diffusing layer to form the metallic interconnects, wherein the thermally reacting the diffusing layer chemically diffuses a material of the diffusing layer into the at least one line and causes at least one crystalline grain to grow along a length of the at least one line from at least one nucleation site defined at an interface between the portion of the diffusing layer and the portion of the at least one line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.39344
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15812033', '11364953', '12869113', '15870213', '15262231']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9157337153979788
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4758052764349039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8717408715016713
- Mean Citation Score: 166.85100000000003
- Max Citation Score: 178.15816
- Similarity Product: 134.87604340337757

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

Dataset: test