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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yan-Jhih Huang, Yilan County, TW;
Chun-Yuan Hsu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chien-Chung Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yung-Hsieh Lin, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a circuit layer over the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a test line on the circuit layer. The semiconductor device further includes a capacitor on the substrate. The capacitor includes a first conductor, wherein the first conductor is on a portion of the substrate exposed by the circuit layer; a second conductor; and an insulator between the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein the insulator surrounds the first conductor and the second conductor.