Patent ID: 7881041

Claim:
A multi-segment capacitor fabricated on a semiconductor substrate comprising: M×N capacitor segments arranged in a matrix of M rows and N columns, each capacitor segment including a first group of conductive fingers and a second group of conductive fingers, wherein the first group of conductive fingers are distributed within multiple metal layers in such a manner that the conductive fingers of the first and second groups within a particular metal layer are electrically insulated and spatially interleaved; wherein the first groups of conductive fingers are electrically connected in parallel to a first metal line and the second groups of conductive fingers are electrically connected in parallel to a second metal line; wherein the first (or second) group of conductive fingers of each capacitor segment includes at least a first set of conductive fingers within a first metal layer and a second set of conductive fingers within a second metal layer, each set of conductive fingers having a respective longitudinal axis, and the longitudinal axis of the first set of conductive fingers is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second set of conductive fingers.