Patent ID: 8890288

Claim:
A metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitor in a semiconductor die, said MOM capacitor comprising: a first plurality of capacitor plates and a second plurality of capacitor plates in a MOM capacitor region situated laterally adjacent a transistor region, said first and second plurality of capacitor plates sharing a plane parallel to and below a plane of a first metallization layer of said semiconductor die; a local interlayer dielectric between said first plurality of capacitor plates and said second plurality of capacitor plates; and said first and second plurality of capacitor plates comprised of a local interconnect metal for connecting devices formed in a device layer situated below said first metallization layer, wherein said first and second plurality of capacitor plates do not overlie said transistor region, said first and second plurality of capacitor plates are formed at a same layer as a local interconnect metal body which provides a direct connection to a gate in the transistor region, the gate being formed on a gate dielectric layer, and at least one dielectric layer is disposed below the plurality of capacitor plates and between the local interlayer dielectric and a dielectric layer in which the gate is formed, the dielectric layer in which the gate is formed being separate from the gate dielectric layer.