IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,589
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,589 · App. 18/594,215 · Granted May 13, 2025

Trench capacitor structure with hybrid filling layer

Inventors: Larry Buffle (Grenoble, FR); Frédéric Voiron (Barraux, FR); Sophie Archambault (Grenoble, FR)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H10D1/665H10D1/042H10D1/696H10D1/716
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Patent No.
US 12,302,589
App. No.
18/594,215
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capacitor structure that includes a silicon substrate having a trench structure formed therein; a dielectric disposed over a surface of the trench structure, conformal to the surface of the trench structure; and a filling layer disposed over the dielectric layer and into the trench structure, the filling layer including a conductive layer and a polymer layer.

Claims (14)

1. A capacitor structure, comprising:

a silicon substrate having a trench structure formed therein;

a dielectric layer disposed over a surface of the trench structure, conformal to said surface of the trench structure; and

a filling layer disposed over the dielectric layer and into the trench structure, the filling layer comprising:

a conductive layer; and

a polymer layer,

wherein the conductive layer is disposed between the dielectric layer and the polymer layer, and

wherein a trench depth of the trench structure ranges between 10 and 100 microns, an aspect ratio of the trench structure ranges between 1:10 and 1:60, a thickness of the dielectric layer ranges between 0.6 and 1.5 microns, a thickness of the conductive layer ranges between 10 and 500 nanometers, and a thickness of the polymer layer ranges between 150 and 2000 nanometers.

2. The capacitor structure of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises a mineral-type dielectric layer.

3. The capacitor structure of claim 2 , wherein the mineral-type dielectric comprises silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, or silicon oxynitride.

4. The capacitor structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer comprises a metallic layer or a polysilicon layer.

5. The capacitor structure of claim 4 , wherein the metallic layer comprises titanium nitride, vanadium nitride, or tungsten nitride.

6. The capacitor structure of claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer comprises Parylene AF- 4 .

7. The capacitor structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer and the polymer layer completely fill the trench structure.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 21305761 · Jun 4, 2021 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17831050 · Jun 2, 2022
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