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US 2013/0093045 A1Published application
Vertically oriented semiconductor device and shielding structure thereof
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorHsiu-Ying Cho
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Abstract
The present disclosure involves a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a capacitor disposed over the substrate; an inductor disposed over the substrate and having a coil feature surrounding the capacitor; and a shielding structure over the substrate and configured around the coil feature.
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A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having a surface that is defined by an X axis and a Y axis that is perpendicular to the X axis;
- a capacitor disposed over the substrate;
- an inductor disposed over the surface of the substrate and having a coil feature surrounding the capacitor;
- and
- a shielding structure over the substrate and configured around the coil feature.
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A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- and
- an interconnect structure formed over the substrate, the interconnect structure including:
- a capacitor having an anode component and a cathode component;
- and
- an inductor disposed approximate the capacitor and coupled with the capacitor,
- wherein the inductor includes a coil feature and a shielding structure surrounding the coil feature.
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A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- and
- forming an interconnect structure over the substrate, the interconnect structure having a plurality of conductive lines interconnected by a plurality of vias, wherein the forming the interconnect structure includes forming an inductor capacitor (LC) tank using a subset of the conductive lines and a subset of the vias, wherein:
- the LC tank includes a capacitor that is formed to have an anode component and a cathode component that is interdigitated with the anode component;
- and
- the LC tank includes an inductor having a coil feature and a shielding feature surrounding the coil feature, wherein both the coil feature and the shielding feature are wound around the capacitor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.