PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919896
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["326", "095000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to hold-time compensation using free metal segments or other electrically-conductive segments of an IC are described. An integrated circuit (IC) having free segment hold-time compensation may include a monolithic semiconductor substrate which has a first device and a second device disposed thereon. In addition, the IC may include an electrical node electrically connecting the first and second devices. The electrical node may include one or more electrically-conductive elements that contribute to a total capacitance at the electrical node such that the total capacitance at the electrical node has a value that fulfills a hold-time requirement at the electrical node.

Claim (Index 4):
The IC of  claim 1 , wherein:\n a first subset of the one or more electrically-conductive elements comprises a primary wiring that electrically couples the first device to the second device, the primary wiring having a first end connected to an output terminal of the first device and a second end connected to an input terminal of the second device, a second subset of the one or more electrically-conductive elements comprises at least one compensation stub having a fixed end and a free end, the at least one compensation stub is electrically coupled to the primary wiring through the fixed end, and the free end is not electrically coupled to any electrical node of the IC other than the electrical node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77419
- Patent Class: 326.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14582971', '10682351', '14583018', '14583007', '14582984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6575489141440681
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4940984514050426
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6412038678701656
- Mean Citation Score: 140.10854999999998
- Max Citation Score: 141.82858000000004
- Similarity Product: 79.14294689825299

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

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