PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936743
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "668000"]

Abstract:
Methods of forming connector pad structures, interconnect structures, and structures thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of forming a connector pad structure includes forming an underball metallization (UBM) pad, and increasing a surface roughness of the UBM pad by exposing the UBM pad to a plasma treatment. A polymer material is formed over a first portion of the UBM pad, leaving a second portion of the UBM pad exposed.

Claim (Index 7):
A semiconductor device comprising:\n an integrated circuit die comprising a first connector pad and a second connector pad; a first metallization pad electrically coupled to the first connector pad, the first metallization pad comprising a first rough surface, the first rough surface having a first surface roughness, wherein the first surface roughness is an average surface roughness between approximately 0.18 \u03bcm to approximately 0.25 \u03bcm; a second metallization pad electrically coupled to the second connector pad, the second metallization pad comprising a second rough surface, the second rough surface having a second surface roughness, wherein the second surface roughness is an average surface roughness between approximately 0.18 \u03bcm to approximately 0.25 \u03bcm; a first connector disposed over the first metallization pad; a second connector disposed over the second metallization pad; a first intermetallic compound (IMC) interposed between the first rough surface of the first metallization pad and the first connector; and a second IMC interposed between the second rough surface of the second metallization pad and the second connector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76087
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15431514', '14815584', '14632858', '13890162', '15167258']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9174106975982492
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5333724436349107
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8790068722019153
- Mean Citation Score: 260.420852
- Max Citation Score: 350.2842
- Similarity Product: 331.6025608448983

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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