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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Andreas Kerber, White Plains, NY (US);
Tanya Nigam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dieter Lipp, Goerlitz, DE;
Marc Herden, Lauf, DE;
Andreas Kerber, White Plains, NY (US);
Tanya Nigam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dieter Lipp, Goerlitz, DE;
Marc Herden, Lauf, DE;
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A decoupling capacitor arrangement is provided for an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes a plurality of decoupling capacitor arrays electrically connected in parallel with one another. Each of the arrays includes a plurality of decoupling capacitors and a current limiting element. The decoupling capacitors of each array are electrically connected in parallel with one another. The current limiting element is connected in series with the plurality of decoupling capacitors.