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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Vijay Srinivas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mansour Keramat, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuan-Ju Chao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A capacitive device is disclosed, including a first conductor formed on a lower metal layer and coupled to a first terminal. A second conductor is formed on an upper metal layer and a plurality of wires is partitioned into groups, each group including one wire from a respective metal layer. First and second wires of each group are coupled to a second terminal. A third wire of each group, adjacent to the first wire, is coupled to the first conductor. A fourth wire of each group, adjacent to the second wire, is coupled to the second conductor. Fifth wires of a first subset of the groups are coupled to the second conductor and fifth wires of a second subset of the groups are coupled to the first conductor. The fifth wire of each group is adjacent to the first wire and the second wire.