PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "329000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor device and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second source/drain(S/D) regions, a channel between the first and second S/D regions, a gate engaging the channel, and a contact feature connecting to the first S/D region. The contact feature includes first and second contact layers. The first contact layer has a conformal cross-sectional profile and is in contact with the first S/D region on at least two sides thereof. In embodiments, the first contact layer is in direct contact with three or four sides of the first S/D region so as to increase the contact area. The first contact layer includes one of a semiconductor-metal alloy, an III-V semiconductor, and germanium.

Claim (Index 19):
The device of  claim 18 , wherein the second source/drain feature is disposed within another portion of the mesa.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14062
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15362470', '14872673', '15447967', '14985203', '15810616']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.907931997975088
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5104410889571389
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8681829070732932
- Mean Citation Score: 212.323382
- Max Citation Score: 245.49017
- Similarity Product: 168.3409937441766

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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