Patent ID: 8269308

Claim:
A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a first insulating layer over the substrate and contacting a surface of the substrate; forming a first conductive layer over the first insulating layer and contacting a surface of the first insulating layer, the first conductive layer being electrically connected to a ground point; forming a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer as a plurality of segments; forming a third conductive layer over the second conductive layer as a plurality of segments, wherein a first segment of the third conductive layer forms a first passive circuit element over a first portion of the substrate, a second segment of the third conductive layer forms a second passive circuit element over a second portion of the substrate that is non-overlapping with the first portion of the substrate, the second passive circuit element having different electrical characteristics from the first passive circuit element; and forming a conductive via to electrically connect a third segment of the third conductive layer to the first conductive layer to form a grounded shield disposed between the first and second passive circuit elements, wherein the first, second, and third segments of the third conductive layer are substantially parallel and a length of the third segment is at least as long as a length of the first segment, and wherein a height of the third segment is greater than a height of the first segment.