US Patent 9941565 Isolator and method of forming an isolator

An isolator device and a corresponding method of forming the isolator device to include first and second electrodes, a layer of first dielectric material between the first and second electrodes, and at least one region of second dielectric material between the layer of first dielectric material and at least one of the first and second electrodes. The second dielectric material has a higher relative permittivity than the first dielectric material.