Patent ID: 7829410

Claim:
A method of forming a capacitor, comprising: forming a first section of the capacitor over a memory array region of a semiconductor substrate; the first section comprising a first capacitor storage node, a first dielectric material over the first capacitor storage node, and a first capacitor outer electrode material over the first dielectric material; electrically connecting the first capacitor outer electrode material to a first conductive interconnect that is over a region of the semiconductor substrate peripheral to the memory array region; forming a second section of the capacitor over the first section of the capacitor; the second section comprising a second capacitor storage node, a second dielectric material over the second capacitor storage node, and a second capacitor outer electrode material over the second dielectric material; the second capacitor storage node being in electrical contact with the first capacitor storage node; electrically connecting the second capacitor outer electrode material to a second conductive interconnect that is over the region of the semiconductor substrate peripheral to the memory array region; and electrically connecting the first and second conductive interconnects to one another to electrically couple the first and second capacitor outer electrode materials to one another.