PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875132
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A methodology for forming a single diffusion break structure in a FinFET device involves localized, in situ oxidation of a portion of a semiconductor fin. Fin oxidation within a fin cut region may be preceded by the formation of epitaxial source/drain regions over the fin, as well as by a gate cut module, where portions of a sacrificial gate that straddle the fin are replaced by an isolation layer. Localized oxidation of the fin enables the stress state in adjacent, un-oxidized portions of the fin to be retained, which may beneficially impact carrier mobility and hence conductivity within channel portions of the fin.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 8 , wherein oxidizing the fins comprises oxidizing an entire thickness of the fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65672
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15860840', '15643940', '15337189', '15486387', '15812288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9403371943916176
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5302167520459083
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8993251501570467
- Mean Citation Score: 342.12181
- Max Citation Score: 347.7702
- Similarity Product: 194.6892510437608

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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