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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Arjun Kar-Roy, Irvine, CA (US);
Marco Racanelli, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Paul Kempf, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Newport Fab, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a structure comprises an electrode of a lower MIM capacitor situated in a first interconnect metal layer of a semiconductor die. The structure further comprises a shared electrode of the lower MIM capacitor and an upper MIM capacitor. The structure further comprises an electrode of the upper MIM capacitor situated over the shared electrode. The electrode of the upper MIM capacitor is coupled to the electrode of the lower MIM capacitor through vias and a second interconnect metal layer. In one embodiment, the electrode of the upper MIM capacitor can be divided into two or more segments to allow additional paths for connectivity to reduce the resistance of an electrode of the composite MIM capacitor. In other embodiments, a method for fabricating various embodiments of the composite MIM capacitor is disclosed.