Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Gating – Utilizing three or more electrode solid-state device
Patent
1997-02-27
1999-08-31
Lam, Tuan T.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Gating
Utilizing three or more electrode solid-state device
327567, 345 92, G09G 336
Patent
active
059458666
ABSTRACT:
A method for reducing the field dependence of an off-state current flow condition in a field-effect transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode, includes the steps of: applying a far off-state bias between the drain electrode and the gate electrode to drive a conduction channel in the field effect transistor into a far off-state; and applying a far off-state bias between the source electrode and the gate electrode to again drive the conduction channel into a far off-state; wherein both applying steps cause application of the far off-state bias for a sufficient time to reduce gate voltage dependency of off-state current flow in the conduction channel during a period when an off-state potential is applied to the gate electrode.
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Fonash Stephen J.
Krishnan Anand
Lin Xin
Suntharalingam Vyshnavi
Lam Tuan T.
Monahan Thomas J.
The Penn State Research Foundation
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