US Patent 7906803 Nano-wire capacitor and circuit device therewith

A capacitor having a first electrode made of an electroconductive nano-wire, a dielectric layer partly covering the peripheral face of the first electrode, and a second electrode covering the peripheral face of the dielectric layer. In a circuit device employing the capacitor, a plurality of the capacitors are arranged roughly perpendicularly to a substrate in the circuit device or in parallel to a substrate in the circuit device.