Patent 7466537 was granted and assigned to Seiko Epson on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for manufacturing a capacitor includes the steps of: forming a lanthanum nickelate layer above a base substrate; forming a dielectric layer above the lanthanum nickelate layer; forming a conductive layer above the dielectric layer; and patterning at least the dielectric layer until the lanthanum nickelate layer is exposed.