PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051025
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "299000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first gate structure, a first spacer, a source drain structure, a first dielectric layer, a conductor, and a protection layer. The first gate structure is present on the substrate. The first spacer is present on a sidewall of the first gate structure. The source drain structure is present adjacent to the first spacer. The first dielectric layer is present on the first gate structure and has an opening therein, in which the source drain structure is exposed through the opening. The conductor is electrically connected to the source drain structure, in which the conductor has an upper portion in the opening of the first dielectric layer and a lower portion between the upper portion and the source drain structure. The protection layer is present between the lower portion and the first spacer and between the upper portion and the source drain structure.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, the method comprising:\n depositing a first dielectric material over a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device comprising:\n a gate structure; \n a mask layer over the gate structure; \n a spacer along a sidewall of the gate structure and along a sidewall of the mask layer; and \n a source drain structure adjacent to the gate structure, wherein the first dielectric material is deposited over the mask layer and the source drain structure; \n forming a recess in the first dielectric material directly over the source drain structure, wherein after the recess is formed, a first portion of the first dielectric material underlies the recess and covers the source drain structure; forming a protection layer lining sidewalls and a bottom of the recess; performing an anisotropic etch process to deepen the recess, wherein the source drain structure is exposed after the anisotropic etch process; and filling the recess with a first conductive material to form a bottom conductor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.0
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15016144', '15652176', '15790129', '15921947', '15074986']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8685605294100516
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4701756532052218
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8287220417895685
- Mean Citation Score: 202.625542
- Max Citation Score: 212.72882
- Similarity Product: 185.55719351468088

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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