IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,394,705
Granted Patent B2
US 12,394,705 · App. 17/888,369 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Layout design of custom stack capacitor to procure high capacitance

Inventors: Prakash Rattaisutripalayam Palanisamy (Bangalore, IN); Bruce Lee (Irvine, CA); Bavireddy Sai Krishna (Guntur, IN); Balavva Shivappa Kamatagi (Bailhongal, IN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H01L23/5223H01L23/528H10D1/714H10D84/813
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,394,705
App. No.
17/888,369
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chip includes a first capacitor. The first capacitor includes first electrodes formed from metal layer M0, wherein the first electrodes are coupled to one another. The first capacitor also includes second electrodes formed from the metal layer M0, wherein the second electrodes are coupled to one another.

Claims (35)

1. A chip, comprising:

a first capacitor comprising:

first electrodes formed from metal layer M0, wherein the first electrodes are coupled to one another;

second electrodes formed from the metal layer M0, wherein the second electrodes are coupled to one another;

wherein each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes extends in a first direction,

a first one of the first electrodes and a second one of the first electrodes are separated by a first gap in the first direction,

a third one of the first electrodes and a fourth one of the first electrodes are separated by a second gap in the first direction,

a first portion of one of the second electrodes is between the first one of the first electrodes and the third one of the first electrodes, and

a second portion of the one of the second electrodes is between the second one of the first electrodes and the fourth one of the first electrodes;

one or more vias disposed on a third portion of the one of the second electrodes, wherein the third portion of the one of the second electrodes is between the first portion of the one of the second electrodes and the second portion of the one of the second electrodes;

a first metal routing formed from metal layer M1, wherein the first metal routing is coupled to the first one of the first electrodes and the third one of the first electrodes;

a second metal routing formed from the metal layer M1, wherein the second metal routing is coupled to the second one of the first electrodes and the fourth one of the first electrodes; and

a third metal routing formed from the metal layer M1, wherein the one or more vias are coupled between the one of the second electrodes and the third metal routing, wherein

the first metal routing and the third metal routing are located on opposite sides of a first gate, and

the third metal routing and the second metal routing are located on opposite sides of a second gate.

2. The chip of claim 1 , wherein each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes comprises a respective metal line.

3. The chip of claim 1 , wherein each of the first metal routing, the second metal routing, and the third metal routing extends in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The chip of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth metal routing formed from metal layer M2, wherein the fourth metal routing is coupled to the first metal routing and the second metal routing.

5. The chip of claim 1 , wherein each of the first metal routing, the second metal routing, the third metal routing, the first gate, and the second gate extends in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

6. A chip, comprising:

a capacitor comprising:

first electrodes, wherein the first electrodes are coupled to one another, each of the first electrodes extends in a first direction, a first one of the first electrodes and a second one of the first electrodes are separated by a first gap in the first direction, and a third one of the first electrodes and a fourth one of the first electrodes are separated by a second gap in the first direction; and

second electrodes, wherein the second electrodes are coupled to one another, and each of the second electrodes extends in the first direction, wherein

a first portion of one of the second electrodes is between the first one of the first electrodes and the third one of the first electrodes, and

a second portion of the one of the second electrodes is between the second one of the first electrodes and the fourth one of the first electrodes;

one or more vias disposed on a third portion of the one of the second electrodes, wherein the third portion of the one of the second electrodes is between the first portion of the one of the second electrodes and the second portion of the one of the second electrodes;

a first metal routing coupled to the first one of the first electrodes and the third one of the first electrodes;

a second metal routing coupled to the second one of the first electrodes and the fourth one of the first electrodes; and

a third metal, wherein the one or more vias are coupled between the one of the second electrodes and the third metal routing, wherein

the first metal routing and the third metal routing are located on opposite sides of a first gate, and

the third metal routing and the second metal routing are located on opposite sides of a second gate.

7. The chip of claim 6 , wherein each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes comprises a respective metal line.

8. The chip of claim 6 , wherein each of the first metal routing, the second metal routing, and the third metal routing extends in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

9. The chip of claim 6 , further comprising a fourth metal routing, wherein the fourth metal routing is coupled to the first metal routing and the second metal routing.

10. The chip of claim 6 , wherein each of the first metal routing, the second metal routing, the third metal routing, the first gate, and the second gate extends in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: RATTAISUTRIPALAYAM PALANISAMY, PRAKASH; LEE, BRUCE; SAI KRISHNA, BAVIREDDY; KAMATAGI, BALAVVA SHIVAPPA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061082/0720 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240055346A1 · Feb 15, 2024
References Cited (13)
US 8627259B2 · Huang et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 10847452B2 · Lin et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20080017906A1 · Pelella · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20080230820A1 · Maeda · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20140367827A1 · Lee · 2014 [cited by examiner]
US 20150084107A1 · Li · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 20160197071A1 · Yeh · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US 20200043874A1 · Sira · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20200091162A1 · Morris et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20220085145A1 · Shih et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
WO 2015076926A1 · 2015 [cited by applicant]
Partial International Search Report—PCT/US2023/069813—ISA/EPO—Sep. 28, 2023. [cited by applicant]
International Search Report and Written Opinion—PCT/US2023/069813—ISA/EPO—Dec. 21, 2023. [cited by applicant]