IC including capacitor having segmented bottom plate
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey West, Mrinal Das, Byron Williams, Thomas Bonifield, Maxim Franke
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AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey West, Mrinal Das, Byron Williams, Thomas Bonifield, Maxim Franke
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An IC includes a substrate including circuitry configured to provide a receiver or a transmitter circuit. A metal stack is over the semiconductor surface including a top metal layer and a plurality of lower metal layers. An isolation capacitor includes the top metal layer as a top plate that is electrically connected to a first node; and a top dielectric layer on the top plate with a top plate dielectric aperture. One of the plurality of lower metal layers provides a bottom plate that includes a plurality of spaced apart segments. A capacitor dielectric layer is between the top and bottom plate. The segments include a first segment electrically connected to a second node and at least a second segment electrically connected to a third node, with separation regions located between adjacent spaced apart segments. The top plate covers at least a portion of each of the separation regions.
A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
A method, comprising:
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