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Method for making a capacitor

US5851870A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/014

Abstract

A novel capacitor design for use in semiconductor integrated circuits is disclosed. The capacitor includes a metal-dielectric-metal stack formed within a window and upon a conductive substrate. Contact to the top plate of the capacitor is through a window within a window, while contact to the bottom plate is achieved by a guard ring which contacts the conductive substrate.

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