Patent ID: 9224685
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A metal-oxide metal (MOM) capacitor structure comprising: a plurality of layers, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers comprises a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of layers separated by oxide layers, a first portion of the plurality of electrodes forming a first plate and a second portion of the plurality of electrodes forming a second plate, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers is coupled to an adjacent layer through a plurality of vias; and a shield layer coupled by a further plurality of vias to the second portion of the plurality of electrodes, a first portion of the shield layer aligned in a first direction with the first portion of the plurality of electrodes and separated from the first portion of the plurality of electrodes by an oxide layer, the further plurality of vias aligned in the first direction with both a second portion of the shield layer and the second portion of the plurality of electrodes, the first portion and the second portion of the shield layer included in a layer devoid of the first plate.