Patent ID: 11869725
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An integrated circuit having a stacked capacitor, the stacked capacitor comprising:
a capacitor stack having:
at least two dielectric layers,
at least three conductive plates that include a base plate and first and second conductive plates, and
at least one sloped side, wherein:
the base plate has a first surface and a second opposing surface,
the at least one sloped side of the capacitor stack has at least one slope with respect to the second surface of the base plate, and
the at least one sloped side of the capacitor stack includes sloped sides of the at least two dielectric layers and sloped sides of the first and second conductive plates of the at least three conductive plates;

a plurality of vias, including a first via that connects to a portion of the first conductive plate exposed at the sloped side and a second via that connects to a portion of the second conductive plate exposed at the sloped side; and
a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad; wherein:
the at least three conductive plates include a first group of conductive plates conductively coupled to the first electrode pad by a first subset of the plurality of vias, and a second group of conductive plates conductively coupled to the second electrode pad by a second subset of the plurality of vias.