Patent ID: 7795709

Claim:
An integrated passive device (IPD) comprising a plurality of IPD components and having a multi-level structure of at least three levels, level one, level two and level three, where the multi-level structure is situated in an essentially horizontal plane and: (a) level one comprises: i. at least one runner connected to an IPD component, ii. a level one metal shield plate having a width Ws, the level one metal shield plate being electrically isolated from IPD components, (b) level two comprises a noisy runner, (c) level three comprises: a level three metal shield plate having a width W s ′ the level three metal shield plate being electrically isolated from IPD components, wherein the level one metal shield plate and the level three metal shield plate are connected to a fixed potential, and further wherein the level one metal shield plate, the noisy runner, and the level three metal shield plate are in vertical alignment.