Electronic device package stiffener and capacitor technology is disclosed. A combination stiffener and capacitor can include a structural material configured to be coupled to a substrate. The structural material can have a shape configured to provide mechanical support for the substrate. The combination stiffener and capacitor can also include first and second electrodes forming a capacitor. An electronic device package and a package substrate configured to receive the combination stiffener and capacitor are also disclosed.

A substrate that includes a base layer having a first principal surface defining a plurality of first trenches and intervening first lands, and a cover layer provided over the first principal surface of the base layer and covering the first trenches and first lands substantially conformally, wherein the surface of the cover layer remote from the first principal surface of the base layer comprises a plurality of second trenches and intervening second lands defined at a smaller scale than the first trenches and first lands. The substrate may be used to fabricate a capacitive element in which thin film layers are provided and conformally cover the second trenches and second lands of the cover layer, to create a metal-insulator-metal structure having high capacitance density.

Techniques are disclosed for forming an integrated circuit including a capacitor having a multilayer dielectric stack. For example, the capacitor may be a metal-insulator-metal capacitor (MIMcap), where the stack of dielectric layers is used for the insulator or ‘I’ portion of the MIM structure. In some cases, the composite or multilayer stack for the insulator portion of the MIM structure may include a first oxide layer, a dielectric layer, a second oxide layer, and a high-k dielectric layer, as will be apparent in light of this disclosure. Further, the multilayer dielectric stack may include an additional high-k dielectric layer, for example. Use of such multilayer dielectric stacks can enable increases in capacitance density and/or breakdown voltage for a MIMcap device. Further, use of a multilayer dielectric stack can enable tuning of the breakdown and capacitance characteristics as desired. Other embodiments may be described and/or disclosed.

In a described example, an integrated circuit includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface; at least one dielectric layer overlying the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; at least one inductor coil in the at least one dielectric layer with a plurality of coil windings separated by coil spaces, the at least one inductor coil lying in a plane oriented in a first direction parallel to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, the at least one inductor coil electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate by a portion of the at least one dielectric layer; and trenches extending into the semiconductor substrate in a second direction at an angle with respect to the first direction, the trenches underlying the inductor coil and filled with dielectric replacement material.

Disclosed herein are memory cells and memory arrays, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, a memory device may include: a support having a surface; and a three-dimensional array of memory cells on the surface of the support, wherein individual memory cells include a transistor and a capacitor, and a channel of the transistor in an individual memory cell is oriented parallel to the surface.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including an electrode pad formed on the top surface thereof, a passive device embedded in the semiconductor package, the passive device having no functional electrode on the top surface thereof, a cover layer covering the semiconductor chip and the passive device, and at least one electrode pattern formed on the cover layer to transmit electrical signals. The cover layer includes at least one first opening formed to expose a region in which the functional electrode is to be formed. The electrode pattern includes a functional electrode portion formed in a region in which the functional electrode of the passive device is to be formed through the first opening. In the process of forming the electrode pattern, a functional electrode of the passive device is formed together therewith, thereby eliminating a separate step of manufacturing a functional electrode and thus reducing manufacturing costs.

A new class of logic gates are presented that use non-linear polar material. The logic gates include multi-input majority gates and threshold gates. Input signals in the form of analog, digital, or combination of them are driven to first terminals of non-ferroelectric capacitors. The second terminals of the non-ferroelectric capacitors are coupled to form a majority node. Majority function of the input signals occurs on this node. The majority node is then coupled to a first terminal of a capacitor comprising non-linear polar material. The second terminal of the capacitor provides the output of the logic gate, which can be driven by any suitable logic gate such as a buffer, inverter, NAND gate, NOR gate, etc. Any suitable logic or analog circuit can drive the output and inputs of the majority logic gate. As such, the majority gate of various embodiments can be combined with existing transistor technologies.

Provided is an interposer structure. The interposer structure comprises an interposer substrate, an interlayer insulating film which covers a top surface of the interposer substrate, a capacitor structure in the interlayer insulating film and a wiring structure including a first wiring pattern and a second wiring pattern spaced apart from the first wiring pattern, on the interlayer insulating film, wherein the capacitor structure includes an upper electrode connected to the first wiring pattern, a lower electrode connected to the second wiring pattern, and a capacitor dielectric film between the upper electrode and the lower electrode.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate and at least one capacitor element. The capacitor element is on the substrate. The capacitor element includes a first electrode with a first pad and first terminals connected to the first pad, wherein the first terminals extend away from the substrate; and a second electrode with a second pad and second terminals connected to the second pad, wherein the second terminals extend toward the substrate, wherein the first terminals and the second terminals are staggered and separated by an interlayer dielectric layer.

There is provided a semiconductor device that can minimize deterioration of performance of a capacitor due to a bonding process. Between a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, the semiconductor device includes a first electrode which is provided in the first substrate and of which one surface is positioned on the same surface as a bonding surface between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second electrode which is provided in the second substrate and of which one surface is positioned on the same surface as a bonding surface and bonded to one surface of the first electrode. Therefore, the semiconductor device includes at least one of a first capacitor which is provided in the first substrate and of which one electrode is electrically connected to a non-exposed surface of the first electrode and a second capacitor which is provided in the second substrate and of which one electrode is electrically connected to a non-exposed surface of the second electrode.