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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, VT (US);
John A. Bracchitta, South Burlington, VT (US);
William J. Cote, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Wilbur D. Pricer, Charlotte, VT (US);
Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, VT (US);
John A. Bracchitta, South Burlington, VT (US);
William J. Cote, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Wilbur D. Pricer, Charlotte, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A decoupling capacitor is provided for a semiconductor device and may include a first low dielectric insulator layer and a low resistance conductor formed into at least two interdigitized patterns on the surface of the first low dielectric insulator in a single interconnect plane. A high dielectric constant material may be provided between the two patterns. A circuit for testing a plurality of these capacitors is also provided which includes a charge monitoring circuit, a coupling circuit and a control circuit.