Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrically adjustable resistor
- Patent Title (中): 电可调电阻
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Application No.: US12147368Application Date: 2008-06-26
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Publication No.: US08009011B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Stuart B. Molin , Paul Nygaard
- Applicant: Stuart B. Molin , Paul Nygaard
- Applicant Address: US CA Camarillo
- Assignee: Semtech Corporation
- Current Assignee: Semtech Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Camarillo
- Agency: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
- Main IPC: H01C10/00
- IPC: H01C10/00

Abstract:
An electrically adjustable resistor comprises a resistive polysilicon layer dielectrically isolated from one or more doped semiconducting layers. A tunable voltage is applied to the doped semiconducting layers, causing the resistance of the polysilicon layer to vary. Multiple matched electrically adjustable resistors may be fabricated on a single substrate, tuned by a single, shared doped semiconductor layer, creating matched, tunable resistor pairs that are particularly useful for differential amplifier applications. Multiple, independently adjustable resistors may also be fabricated on a common substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090002120A1 ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE RESISTOR Public/Granted day:2009-01-01
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