Patent ID: 7009241

Claim:
A voltage divider comprising: a first capacitor having a second terminal selectively coupled to a voltage supply; a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of the first capacitor, the second capacitor further having a second terminal coupled to ground; wherein the first and second capacitor include: a first metal layer forming the first and second terminals, the first and second terminals each having a base strip and a plurality of side strips that extend from the respective base strip, wherein the side strips of the first terminal are positioned in between the side strips of the second terminal so that the first and second side strips are alternately positioned between the first and second bases of the respective first and second terminals, further wherein the first terminal is electrically isolated from the second terminal; a second metal layer; and a poly silicon layer, the first metal layer is positioned between the poly silicon layer and the second metal layer and the first terminal of the first metal layer is electrically isolated from the poly silicon layer.