US Patent 7554789 Capacitor array management

A capacitor array comprising a plurality of unit capacitors, each having first and second electrode plates. The first electrode plates are commonly connected via first routings. The second electrode plates are grouped and connected to a plurality of nodes via second routings. The second routings connected to one node and another do not overlap in the capacitor array. The second electrode plates connected to the same node conglomerate as a group and no second electrode plate connected to another node is located in the group.