Patents Assigned to GLOBLFOUNDRIES, Inc.
  • Integrated circuits having place-efficient capacitors and methods for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8546915
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a place-efficient capacitor includes a lower capacitor electrode having a surface area comprised of an inner surface area of a partial opening and a via opening formed in a patterned dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, a capacitor insulating layer overlying the lower capacitor electrode, and an upper capacitor electrode including a metal fill material filling the partial opening and the via opening and having a surface area that includes the inner surface area of the partial opening and via opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBLFOUNDRIES, Inc.
    Inventor: Dmytro Chumakov