PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16056806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "004000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming conductive vias comprises forming a first via opening and a second via opening within a substrate. First conductive material of a first conductivity is formed into the first and second via openings. The first conductive material lines sidewalls and a base of the second via opening to less-than-fill the second via opening. Second conductive material is formed into the second via opening over the first conductive material in the second via opening. The second conductive material is of a second conductivity that is greater than the first conductivity. All conductive material within the first via opening forms a first conductive via defining a first maximum conductance elevationally through the first conductive via and all conductive material within the second via opening forms a second conductive via defining a second maximum conductance elevationally through the second conductive via that is greater than said first maximum conductance. Integrated circuit structure comprising conductive vias independent of method of manufacture are disclosed.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of forming conductive vias, comprising:\n forming a first via opening and a second via opening within dielectric material, the first via opening having a smaller minimum open horizontal width than the second via opening, the first via opening extending elevationally inward to a first elevationally inner circuit component, the second via opening extending elevationally inward to a second elevationally inner circuit component; forming first conductive material of a first conductivity into the first and second via openings and that electrically couples to the first and second elevationally inner circuit components, the first conductive material overfilling the first via opening, the first conductive material lining sidewalls and a base of the second via opening to less-than-fill the second via opening, the first conductive material extending outwardly of the first and second via openings elevationally over the dielectric material and electrically coupling the first and second elevationally inner circuit components together; forming second conductive material into the second via opening but not into the first via opening, the second conductive material being of a second conductivity that is greater than the first conductivity and overfilling volume of the second via opening remaining after the forming of the first conductive material, the second conductive material extending outwardly of the first and second via openings elevationally over and directly against the first conductive material and elevationally over the dielectric material; removing the first and second conductive materials from being elevationally over the dielectric material and from electrically coupling the first and second elevationally inner circuit components together and forming a first conductive via in the first via opening and a second conductive via in the second via opening, all conductive material of the first conductive via defining a first maximum conductance elevationally through the first conductive via to the first elevationally inner circuit component, all conductive material of the second conductive via defining a second maximum conductance elevationally through the second conductive via to the second elevationally inner circuit component, said second maximum conductance being greater than said first maximum conductance; and forming a first elevationally outer circuit component electrically coupled to the first conductive via and a second elevationally outer circuit component electrically coupled to the second conductive via.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.18868
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15621329', '14838738', '15585396', '15170114', '15489311']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9215466678219408
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5289282701405225
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8822848280537989
- Mean Citation Score: 282.347624
- Max Citation Score: 362.57968
- Similarity Product: 337.95768790412905

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

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