IP Library Granted Patent US 10,439,021
Granted Patent B2
US 10,439,021 · App. 15/365,953 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Capacitor structure

Inventors: Shunqiang Gong (Singapore, SG); Juan Boon Tan (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
H01L28/87
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Patent No.
US 10,439,021
App. No.
15/365,953
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and methods for forming a device are disclosed. A substrate is provided. The substrate has first and second major surfaces. A capacitor is disposed in the substrate. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulator separating the first and second electrodes. The second electrode encloses the first electrode and the insulator.

Claims (29)

1. A device comprising:

a substrate having a top major surface and a bottom major surface; and

a capacitor disposed in the substrate, the capacitor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first insulator separating the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a solid cylindrical core and the second electrode including a first ring arranged to surround the solid cylindrical core and the first insulator,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in respective blind vias that extend from the top major surface to a depth into the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode each have a top surface that is substantially coplanar with the top major surface of the substrate, and the first electrode and the second electrode each have a bottom surface that is disposed above and away from the bottom major surface of the substrate.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the first electrode includes a second ring-arranged to surround the first ring of the second electrode, and further comprising:

a second insulator arranged between the second ring and the first ring,

wherein the first ring and the second ring are concentric.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the first insulator comprises the material of the substrate.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a glass substrate.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise copper.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a silicon substrate.

7. The device of claim 6 comprising:

a dielectric liner which lines sidewalls of the blind vias and the top major surface of the silicon substrate,

wherein the dielectric liner isolates the first electrode and the second electrode from the silicon substrate.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise copper.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a redistribution layer (RDL) disposed over the top major surface of the substrate,

wherein the RDL comprises contact pads coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode of the capacitor.

10. A device comprising:

an interposer having a top major surface and a bottom major surface; and

a cylindrical capacitor disposed in the interposer, the cylindrical capacitor including a first electrode, a second electrode, a first insulator, and a second insulator, the first electrode including a cylindrical core and an outermost ring, the second electrode including an inner ring, the first insulator separating the cylindrical core and the inner ring of the second electrode, and the second insulator separating the inner ring of the second electrode and the outermost ring of the first electrode,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are concentric, the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in respective vias that have a depth from the top major surface of the interposer, the first electrode and the second electrode each have a top surface that is substantially coplanar with the top major surface of the interposer, and the first electrode and the second electrode each have a bottom surface that is disposed above and is away from the bottom major surface of the interposer.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the interposer is a glass interposer.

12. The device of claim 10 wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise copper.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein the interposer is a silicon interposer.

14. The device of claim 13 comprising:

a dielectric liner which lines sidewalls of the vias and the first major surface of the silicon interposer,

wherein the dielectric liner isolates the first electrode and the second electrode from the silicon interposer.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise copper.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054481/0673 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 047660/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2016
From: GONG, SHUNQIANG; TAN, JUAN BOON
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 040472/0924 →