High-voltage CMOS-compatible capacitors

US6842327B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Impinj, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christopher J. Diorio · Shoreline, US
• Frederic Bernard · Gardanne, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D30/68

Abstract

A high-voltage stacked capacitor includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each capacitor includes a first plate comprising a first semiconductive body and a second plate comprising a floating electrode. The first and second semiconductor bodies are electrically isolated from each other. The floating electrode includes an intercapacitor node configured to self-adjust to a value less than a working voltage impressed on the stacked capacitor.