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Patent Inventor Names
Brad Smith0
Date of Patent
June 7, 2011
Patent Application Number
12304194
Date Filed
June 15, 2006
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Patent abstract
An integrated metal-insulator-metal capacitor is formed so that there is an extension portion of its top plate that does not face any portion of the bottom plate, and an extension portion of its bottom plate that does not face any portion of the top plate. Vias connecting the MIM capacitor plates to conductors in an overlying metallization layer are formed so as to contact the extension portions of the top and bottom plates. Etching of the via holes is simplified because it is permissible for the via holes to punch through the extension portions of the capacitor plates. The bottom plate of the MIM capacitor is inlaid. The top plate of the MIM capacitor may be inlaid.
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