Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switched body SOI CMOS circuit which is provided with an FET element for increasing a FET element threshold voltage. SOLUTION: A circuit having an SOI element is connected with a body bias voltage, via a switch for selectively connecting a body bias voltage signal with an SOI element body. An NMOS or PMOS SOI element is used as the switched body SOI element. An FET is used as a switch. A gate terminal of the SOI element is connected with an FET element. A gate of the SOI element controls the FET switch connection of the body bias voltage signal to the SOI element, and adjusts a threshold value voltage of the SOI element. A logic circuit including the SOI element and a fabrication process for the SOI element are similarly disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the threshold voltage of an FET element after switched from a floating state to a biased state by changing a bulk CMOS element to an element within a silicon substrate on an insulator. SOLUTION: A unit cell 1 includes an SOINMOS transistor 60, and its main body or an isolated SOI substrate region 62 is connected to main-body-device transistor switches 64 and 66. The switch 64 is connected to a reference signal 74. When operated by a control signal 80 applied to a gate 78, the switch 64 supplies the signal 74 to the main body 62 of the transistor 60. The main body 62 is connected to a reference signal 76 via a switch 66, and the switch 66 is operated by a control signal 84 supplied to a gate 80. In an active switching state, the threshold voltage level is low, and in a standby state, it is high.