Patent ID: 7944732

Claim:
A capacitor in an integrated circuit (“IC”) comprising: a first metal layer; a second metal layer; a first row of node plate links connected to a first node of the capacitor extending along a first axis of a node plate array, including a first plurality of rectangular node plate links formed in the first metal layer alternating with a second plurality of rectangular node plate links formed in the second metal layer; and a first column of node plate links connected to a second node of the capacitor extending along a second axis of the node plate array perpendicular to the first axis, including a third plurality rectangular node plate links formed in the first metal layer alternating with a fourth plurality of rectangular node plate links formed in the second metal layer, a first rectangular node plate link having a length and a width in the first row formed in the first metal layer crossing over a second rectangular node plate link in the first column formed in the second metal layer.