Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for adjusting threshold voltage and circuit therefor
- Patent Title (中): 调整阈值电压的方法及其电路
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Application No.: US12098847Application Date: 2008-04-07
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Publication No.: US07714652B2Publication Date: 2010-05-11
- Inventor: Aravind Mangudi , Eric David Joseph , Mahbub Hasan
- Applicant: Aravind Mangudi , Eric David Joseph , Mahbub Hasan
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agent Rennie W. Dover
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
A method and circuit for changing a threshold voltage of a transistor. The circuit includes a sense circuit coupled to a switching transistor, a circuit transistor and to one terminal of a resistor. The other terminal of the resistor is connected to a body contact. The switching transistor directs current along one of two different paths in response to an input voltage sensed by the sense circuit. When the switching transistor directs a first current along one path, the first current is steered towards the resistor and flows through the resistor in one direction and when the switching transistor directs a second current along the other path, the second current is directed towards the resistor and flows through the resistor in the opposite direction from the first current. Steering the currents varies the potential of a body with respect to the potential at the source of the circuit transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090251213A1 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THRESHOLD VOLTAGE AND CIRCUIT THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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