Patent ID: 7643268

Claim:
A capacitor comprising: a substrate; at least two nodes above said substrate, said nodes comprising: a first node; and a second node parallel to said first node; and a plurality of vertical conductive plates that extend between said first node and said second node, wherein said conductive plates are alternately connected to only one of said first node and said second node at corresponding connecting points such that adjacent conductive plates are connected to different nodes, wherein each conductive plate comprises: a main body that is planar, approximately parallel to the main bodies of any adjacent conductive plates and approximately perpendicular to said first node and said second node; and a curved portion extending from said main body to a corresponding connecting point on one of said first node and said second node, and wherein a first spacing between two corresponding connecting points of two adjacent conductive plates connected to said different nodes is greater than a second spacing between said main bodies of said two adjacent conductive plates, said first spacing and said second spacing being measured along a horizontal axis.