A capacitor structure may be incorporated into an interposer or substrate
associated with an IC chip to stabilize the input/output signals, such as
power and ground, between the IC chip and a printed circuit board. In
accordance with one embodiment, the capacitor structure may include a
plurality of individual capacitors connected together to form a
monolithic capacitor blade having a length, width, and height, wherein
each of the length and height of the blade spans multiple of the
individual capacitors. The blade includes multiple electrical conductive
paths extending the height of the capacitor blade. According to another
embodiment, the capacitor structure includes multiple interleaved power
and ground layers separated by insulating layers. The power layers
connect to power leads and the ground layers connect to ground leads.