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AssigneeMaxim Integrated Products, Inc.
InventorsJuha Mikko Hakkarainen, Juha Seppo Nurminen
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A capacitor array in an integrated circuit with active unit capacitor cells arranged amongst the dummy unit capacitor cells to provide visual and electrical symmetry. The electrical symmetry provides electrical matching between active unit capacitor cells and the visual symmetry provide process uniformity between the unit capacitor cells. Visual symmetry may be provided by uniform capacitor plate selection and uniform spacing between each. Electrical symmetry is provided by appropriately arranging active unit capacitors amongst dummy unit capacitors in the capacitor array. The capacitor array may be used in an integrated circuit such as for a equally weighted or binary weighted capacitor array or ladder in an analog to digital converter or a digital to analog converter. Methods and rules of layout for arranging the unit capacitors may be manually performed or automatically performed by computer aided design software.
A capacitor array in an integrated circuit, the capacitor array comprising:
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