Abstract:
An apparatus and method for eliminating parasitic bipolar transistor action in a Silicon On Insulator (SOI) Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) device (44). In accordance with the invention an SOI electronic device and an active discharging device (58, 60) coupled to said SOI electronic device is provided to deactivate the parasitic bipolar transistor. The parasitic bipolar transistor action is deactivated by controlling the conduction of an active discharging device (58, 60), said active discharging device (58, 60) being coupled to said SOI device.
Abstract:
In brief, methods and apparatus are provided for bipolar elimination in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuits. The apparatus for bipolar elimination in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuit includes a domino silicon-on-insulator (SOI) field effect transistor (402). An input is coupled to the domino silicon-on-insulator (SOI) field effect transistor (402). A predischarging device is coupled to said domino silicon-on-insulator (SOI) field effect transistor (402). The predischarging device is activated during a precharge mode of the domino circuit, so that the SOI parasitic bipolar transistor is not activated. A dynamic input circuit (300) couples the input to the domino silicon-on-insulator (SOI) field effect transistor (402). The output of the dynamic input circuit (300) is low during the precharge mode. The output of the dynamic input circuit (300) corresponds to the input during the evaluate mode. The output of the dynamic input circuit (300) is used to gate the predischarging device.