20110233722 | CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The presented application discloses a capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The capacitor structure comprises a plurality of sub-capacitors formed on a substrate, each of which comprises a top capacitor plate, a bottom capacitor plate and a dielectric layer sandwiched therebetween; and a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode connecting the plurality of sub-capacitors in parallel, wherein the plurality of sub-capacitors includes a plurality of first sub-capacitors and a plurality of second sub-capacitors stacked in an alternate manner, each of the first sub-capacitors has a bottom capacitor plate overlapping with a top capacitor plate of an underlying second sub-capacitor, with the overlapping plate being a first electrode layer; and each of the second sub-capacitors has a bottom capacitor plate overlapping with a top capacitor plate of an underlying first sub-capacitor, with the overlapping plate being a second electrode layer, the capacitor structure is characterized in that the first electrode layer and the second electrode layers are made of different conductive materials. The capacitor structure has a small footprint on the chip and a large capacitance value, and can be used as an integrated capacitor in an analogous circuit, an RF circuit, an embedded memory, and the like. | 09-29-2011 |