Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John Odozynski
  • Patent number: 6285052
    Abstract: An integrated capacitor includes a device region of first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate, a source/drain region of the first conductivity type in the device region with a higher doping concentration than the device region, a gate insulator over the device region, and a gate over the gate insulator. A first terminal is coupled to the source/drain region, and a second terminal is coupled to the gate. Advantageously, the integrated capacitor is operated with the device region beneath the gate driven into accumulation instead of inversion. This allows a lower voltage to be applied to the gate, which allows for a thinner gate insulator to be used resulting in higher capacitance per unit area. Furthermore, since the device region is much thicker and more highly conductive than an inversion layer, the integrated capacitor has greatly improved frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald A. Draper