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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:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Susanne A. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Ali M. Niknejad, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Susanne A. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Ali M. Niknejad, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus if provided for shielding a capacitor structure formed in a semiconductor device. In a capacitor formed in an integrated circuit, one or more shields are disposed around layers of conductive strips to shield the capacitor. The shields confine the electric fields between the limits of the shields.