Patent 7960811 was granted and assigned to Infineon Technologies on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Capacitor plates, capacitors, semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a capacitor plate includes at least one via and at least one conductive member coupled to the at least one via. The at least one conductive member comprises an enlarged region proximate the at least one via.