IP Library Granted Patent US 7,541,634
Granted Patent B2
US 7,541,634 · App. 11/669,167 · Granted Jun 2, 2009

Trench capacitor

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Patent No.
US 7,541,634
App. No.
11/669,167
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A trench capacitor including a substrate, at least a group of capacitor units, an isolation structure and a conductive layer is described. The substrate includes a first trench and a second trench. The group of capacitor units is disposed in the substrate. The group of capacitor units includes a first capacitor disposed in the first trench and a second capacitor disposed in the second trench. The isolation structure is disposed in the substrate between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The conductive layer is disposed in the substrate above the isolation structure and electrically connected to the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode.

Claims (10)

1. A trench capacitor, comprising:

a substrate having a first trench and a second trench;

at least one group of capacitor units disposed in the substrate with the group of capacitor units having a first capacitor disposed in the first trench and a second capacitor disposed in the second trench, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor include:

a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode disposed in the substrate around the first trench and the second trench respectively;

a first upper electrode and a second upper electrode disposed in the first trench and the second trench respectively; and

a first capacitor dielectric layer and a second capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the surface of the first trench and the first upper electrode and between the surface of the second trench and the second upper electrode;

an isolation structure of an insulating material disposed in the substrate between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, wherein the isolation structure extends continuously in the substrate from the first trench to the second trench; and

a conductive layer disposed in the substrate above the isolation structure and electrically connected to the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode.

2. The trench capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the trench capacitor further includes a contact disposed on the conductive layer.

3. The trench capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the trench capacitor further includes a first contact and a second contact disposed on the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
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