PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107844
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["315", "111210"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a plasma source assembly and process chamber design that can be used for any number of substrate processing techniques. The plasma source may include a plurality of discrete electrodes that are integrated with a reference electrode and a gas feed structure to generate a uniform, stable and repeatable plasma during processing. The plurality of discrete electrodes include an array of electrodes that can be biased separately, in groups or all in unison, relative to a reference electrode. The plurality of discrete electrodes may include a plurality of conductive rods that are positioned to generate a plasma within a processing region of a process chamber. The plurality of discrete electrodes is provided RF power from standing or traveling waves imposed on a power distribution element to which the electrodes are connected.

Claim (Index 1):
A plasma source assembly, comprising:\n a power distribution element connected to an array of discrete electrodes to provide RF power to the array of discrete electrodes, wherein the array of discrete electrodes are arranged in a pattern that is distributed in at least two non-parallel directions that are both substantially parallel to a first plane; a first circulator that includes a first, a second and a third port, the second port providing RF power at a first position to the power distribution element via a first matching network, and the third port connected to a first dummy load; a second circulator that includes first, second and third ports, the second port providing RF power at a second position on the power distribution element via a second matching network, and the third port connected to a second dummy load; a first RF generator that provides RF power to the first port of the first circulator at a first frequency; and a second RF generator that provides RF power to the first port of the second circulator at a second frequency.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93243
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16059608', '16107855', '12435526', '15955588', '13100605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8104761425291173
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5415746653693465
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7835859948131402
- Mean Citation Score: 259.689146
- Max Citation Score: 393.6141
- Similarity Product: 324.31329064042563

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

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