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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Irfan Rahim, Milpitas, CA (US);
William Bradley Vest, San Jose, CA (US);
Myron Wai Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Irfan Rahim, Milpitas, CA (US);
William Bradley Vest, San Jose, CA (US);
Myron Wai Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Power supply decoupling capacitors are provided for integrated circuits. The decoupling capacitors may be distributed in clusters amongst powered circuit components. Each cluster may contain a number of individual capacitor cells that are connected in parallel. Each capacitor cell may contain a capacitor and a resistor connected in series with the capacitor. The capacitors may be metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors. The resistor in each cell may limit the current through an individual capacitor in the event of a short in the capacitor due to a dielectric defect.