Metal-insulator-metal capacitor with current leakage protection

An metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor comprising:

• a first via placed on a surface of a top electrode;
• a second via with a sidewall, the sidewall electrically connected to and in contact with a bottom electrode;
• and
• an insulator between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode comprises a first part which underlies the insulator, a second part adjacent to the first part with a shared first edge, the second part being in contact with the sidewall of the second via with a shared second edge, wherein the first edge is longer than the second edge.

A metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor comprising:

• a first via contacting and electrically connected to a bottom electrode;
• a second via contacting and electrically connected to a top electrode, wherein in a top view, a shape of one of the top and the bottom electrodes comprises a first part that tapers off in a direction from a first edge of the first part to a second edge of the first part, the second edge being parallel to the first edge, wherein one of the first and the second edges contacts the respective via;
• and
• an insulator between the top electrode and the bottom electrode.