Patent ID: 7411270

Claim:
An electronic assembly comprising: a substrate; a capacitor formed over the substrate, the capacitor comprising a first conductive plate having a first width and a first thickness and a second conductive plate formed over the first conductive plate and having a second width and a second thickness, the first and second widths being greater than the respective first and second thicknesses and extending in a direction that is substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the first conductive plate has first and second portions and the first width is greater than the second width such that the second conductive plate covers only the second portion of the first conductive plate; a first set of conductive traces formed over the first and second conductive plates and being electrically connected to the first conductive plate of the capacitor; a second set of conductive traces formed over the first and second conductive plates and being electrically connected to the second conductor of the capacitor, wherein the first conductive plate and the first set of conductive traces jointly form a first capacitor electrode and the second conductive plate and the second set of conductive traces jointly form a second capacitor electrode such that when a voltage is applied across the first and second capacitor electrodes a charge is stored between the first and second capacitor electrodes, the first and second capacitor electrodes being separated by a distance; first and second conductive vias, the first conductive via interconnecting the first set of conductive traces and the first conductive plate and the second conductive via interconnecting the second set of conductive traces and the second conductive plate; and a plurality of insulating bodies positioned between the first and second capacitor electrodes such that the first and second capacitor electrodes are electrically disconnected.