PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15860014
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate; forming a low-k dielectric layer over the substrate; embedding a conductive wiring into the low-k dielectric layer; and thermal soaking the conductive wiring in a carbon-containing silane-based chemical to form a barrier layer on the conductive wiring. A lining barrier layer is formed in the opening for embedding the conductive wiring. The lining barrier layer may comprise same materials as the barrier layer, and the lining barrier layer may be recessed before forming the barrier layer and may contain a metal that can be silicided.

Claim (Index 1):
A semiconductor device comprising:\n a conductive material embedded within a dielectric layer, the conductive material comprising a first element; a first barrier layer lining sidewalls and a bottom surface of the conductive material, the first barrier layer comprising a second element different from the first element; and a capping layer over the conductive material and the first barrier layer but not extending over the dielectric layer, the capping layer comprising:\n a first material in physical contact with the conductive material, wherein the first material comprises the first element and a third element, the third element being different from the first element and the second element; and \n a second material in physical contact with the first barrier layer, wherein the second material comprises the second element and the third element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98077
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14841346', '13890981', '13115161', '13551500', '14263842']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9152679152778194
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5210182817638417
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8758429519264217
- Mean Citation Score: 307.3318
- Max Citation Score: 321.16574
- Similarity Product: 262.8348902925253

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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