Abstract:
An integrated circuit device is described. The integrated circuit device comprises a substrate (202); a plurality of metal routing interconnect layers (710, 712, 716); an inductor (108) formed in at least one metal layer of the plurality of metal routing interconnect layers; and a bottom metal layer (702) between the plurality of metal routing interconnect layers and the substrate; wherein a pattern ground shield (302) is formed in the bottom metal layer. A method of implementing an inductor in an integrated circuit device is also disclosed.
Abstract:
An example a semiconductor device includes a first circuit (102) and a second circuit (104) formed in a semiconductor substrate (101). The semiconductor device further includes a first guard structure (106-1) formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the first circuit and the second circuit, the first guard structure including first discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions (108-1) disposed along a first axis. The semiconductor device further includes a second guard structure (106-2) formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the first circuit and the second circuit, the second guard structure including second discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions (108-2) disposed along the first axis, the second discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions being staggered with respect to the first discontinuous pairs of n+ and p+ diffusions.
Abstract:
Examples described herein provide for an isolation design for an inductor of a stacked integrated circuit device. An example is a multi-chip device comprising a chip stack comprising: a plurality of chips, neighboring pairs of the plurality of chips being bonded together, each chip comprising a semiconductor substrate, and a front side dielectric layer on a front side of the semiconductor substrate; an inductor disposed in a backside dielectric layer of a first chip of the plurality of chips, the backside dielectric layer being on a backside of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip opposite from the front side of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip; and an isolation wall extending from the backside dielectric layer of the first chip to the front side dielectric layer, the isolation wall comprising a through substrate via of the first chip, the isolation wall being disposed around the inductor.
Abstract:
In an example, a capacitor (120) in an integrated circuit (IC) (100), includes: a first finger capacitor (104a) formed in at least one layer (M6-M8) of the IC having a first bus (202a) and a second bus (204a); a second finger capacitor (104b) formed in the at least one layer of the IC having a first bus (202b) and a second bus (204b), where a longitudinal edge (230L) of the second bus of the second finger capacitor is adjacent a longitudinal edge (228R) of the first bus of the first finger capacitor and separated by a dielectric gap (118-1 ); and a first metal segment (214-1 ) formed on a first layer (M9) above the at least one layer, the first metal segment being electrically coupled to the first bus of the first finger capacitor and increasing a width and a height of the first bus of the first finger capacitor.
Abstract:
A circuit includes a first finger capacitor (100) having a first bus line (110) coupled to a first plurality of finger elements (120) and a second bus line (105) coupled to a second plurality of finger elements (115). The first bus line is parallel to the second bus line. The circuit further includes an inductor (500) having a first leg (125, 515) oriented perpendicular to the first bus line and the second bus line. The first leg of the inductor is coupled to a center (135) of the first bus line. Related methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device (300) includes an interconnect structure (306) disposed over a semiconductor substrate ( 302). The interconnect structure includes a first device (330) disposed in a first portion (306-1 ) of the interconnect structure. A first shielding plane (402) including a first conductive material is disposed in a second portion (306-2) of the interconnect structure over the first portion of the interconnect structure. A second device (504) is disposed in a third portion (306-3) of the interconnect structure over the second portion of the interconnect structure. An isolation wall (320) including a second conductive material is disposed in the first, second, and third portions of the interconnect structure. The isolation wall is coupled to the first shielding plane, and surrounds the first device, the first shielding plane, and the second device.
Abstract:
An inductor structure implemented within a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) includes a coil (105) of conductive material including at least one turn and a current return (130, 500) encompassing the coil. The current return is formed of a plurality of interconnected metal layers (510, 515, 520, 525) of the semiconductor integrated circuit.
Abstract:
An inductor structure (105, 500, 900) implemented within a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) can include a coil (205, 505, 905) of conductive material that includes a center terminal (140, 510, 910) located at a midpoint of a length of the coil. The coil can be symmetrical with respect to a centerline (225, 535, 935) bisecting the center terminal. The coil can include a first differential terminal (210, 515, 915) and a second differential terminal (215, 520, 920). The inductor structure can include a return line (155, 560, 960) of conductive material positioned on the center line. The inductor structure can include an isolation ring (220, 525, 945) surrounding the coil. The inductor structure can include a patterned ground shield comprising a plurality of fingers (935, 1035) implemented within an IC process layer located between the coil (905) and a substrate (955) of the IC. The inductor structure can include an isolation wall (1 150) comprising a high conductive material formed to encompass the coil and the patterned ground shield. The isolation wall can be coupled to one end of each finger of the patterned ground shield.