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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/228 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a thin film capacitor device having a copper wiring layer, a dielectric layer, and a barrier layer interposed between the wiring layer and the dielectric layer. The barrier layer has the function of preventing diffusion of copper of the wiring layer. The thin film capacitor device may also include an insulating substrate, a planarizing layer, an adhesion layer, and an intermediate layer. The present invention may also relate to a printed circuit substrate having the described thin film capacitor device built therein as a capacitor.