Capacitor structure
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorVincenzo F. A. Peluso
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Abstract
An integrated circuit capacitor structure includes a first wall that serves as a first terminal for each capacitor of a plurality of capacitors. The capacitor structure also includes a plurality of second walls, with each second wall serving as a second terminal for a different capacitor of the plurality of capacitors. The first wall and the second walls stand parallel to each other. In embodiments, the capacitor structure includes a substrate on which the first and the second walls stand perpendicularly. In embodiments, the first wall includes a plurality of first finger regions extending from a first common region of the first wall, and one or more of the first finger regions is at least partially positioned between different second walls.
Claims17
A capacitor structure, comprising:
- a first wall configured to serve as a first terminal that is common to a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- a plurality of second walls, each second wall of the plurality of second walls being configured to serve as a second terminals for a different one of the capacitors;
- wherein the first wall and the plurality of second walls stand substantially perpendicularly relative to a plane, height of the first wall in a dimension perpendicular to the plane is greater than thickness of the first wall in a dimension lying in the plane, and height of each second wall of the plurality of second walls in the dimension perpendicular to the plane is greater than thickness of said each second wall in the dimension lying in the plane.
A capacitor structure, comprising:
- a first wall configured to serve as a first terminal that is common to a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- a plurality of second walls, each second wall of the plurality of second walls being configured to serve as a second terminal for a different one of the capacitors;
- wherein
- the first wall includes a plurality of first conducting layers and one or more vias to provide electrical communication between the conducting layers, and
- the second wall includes a plurality of conducting layers and one or more vias provide electrical communication between the second conducting layers.
A capacitor structure, comprising:
- a first wall serving as a first terminal for a plurality of capacitors, the first wall being perpendicular to a substrate and having a plurality of first finger regions extending from a common region of the first wall;
- and
- a plurality of second walls, each of the plurality of second walls serving as a second terminal for a different one of the capacitors, said each of the second walls being perpendicular to the substrate and said each of the second walls including a common region of said each of the second walls and a plurality of second finger regions extending from said common region of said each of the second walls, the second finger regions being substantially parallel to the first finger regions and being arranged such that one or more of the first finger regions are at least partially positioned between a second finger region from a first one of the second walls and a second finger region from a second one of the second walls, the first one of the second walls being different from the second one of the second walls;
- wherein height of the first wall in a dimension perpendicular to plane of the substrate is greater than thickness of the first wall in a dimension lying in the plane, and height of each second wall of the plurality of second walls in the dimension perpendicular to the plane is greater than thickness of said each second wall in the dimension lying in the plane.
A capacitor structure, comprising:
- a first wall means for providing a first terminal that is common to a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- a plurality of second wall means for providing second terminals for a different one of the capacitors;
- wherein the first wall means and the plurality of second wall means stand substantially perpendicularly relative to a plane, height of the first wall means in a dimension perpendicular to the plane is greater than thickness of the first wall means in a dimension lying in the plane, and height of each second wall means of the plurality of second wall means in the dimension perpendicular to the plane is greater than thickness of said each second wall means in the dimension lying in the plane.
A capacitor structure, comprising:
- a first wall means for providing a first terminal that is common to a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- a plurality of second wall means for providing second terminals for a different one of the capacitors;
- wherein
- the first wall means comprises a plurality of first conducting layer means for conducting and one or more via means for providing electrical communication between the conducting layer means, and
- the second wall means comprises a plurality of conducting layer means for conducting and one or more via means for providing electrical communication between the second conducting layer means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.