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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Jahanshir J. Javanifard, Carmichael, CA (US);
Hari R. Giduturi, Folsom, CA (US);
Mathew B. Nazareth, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A fingered capacitor in an integrated circuit. A first capacitor element is formed in a first layer of an integrated circuit (IC) die. The first capacitor element includes a positive plate and a negative plate. Each of the positive and negative plates of the first capacitor element has a plurality of fingers interdigitated with the fingers of the other of the positive and negative plates of the first capacitor element. The fingers are separated by a dielectric. The interdigitated fingers cooperate to generate fringe capacitance between neighboring fingers. A plurality of capacitor elements having interdigitated fingers can be provided in adjacent layers of the IC die.