Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1976-08-06
1978-10-03
Tupman, W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29578, 357 42, B01J 1700
Patent
active
041175875
ABSTRACT:
A pair of field-effect transistors (hereinafter referred to as FETs) of p-channel type and n-channel type, respectively, both to be electrically actuated in a depletion mode, are formed on a single semiconductor substrate, for instance, a single silicon substrate, and both sources or both drains are connected to each other, or the source of one FET and the drain of the other FET are connected to each other, whereby the pair of FETs are series-connected, and the gate electrode of each FET is connected to the drain electrode or the source electrode that is not series connected in the above-mentioned way, respectively, of the other FET. The device is characterized in that each FET has each back-gate electrode region behind the channel. Preferably, such back-gate regions are high-doped diffused regions.
When a voltage of specified range is applied across both non-series-connected electrodes, i.e., the two external terminals, the resulting voltage-current characteristic presents a so-called dynatron-type characteristic, producing a negative-resistance phenomenon over a fairly wide range of applied voltage. Since this device is, as seen from outside as one device, a two-terminal device constituted on a single substrate comprising FETs with back-gate electrode, it is not only fit to be highly integrated but also able to produce a state of virtually zero value of cut-off current. Consequently, this device can be utilized for switching, memorization, large amplitude oscillation, and other various uses, with low Vth2 value.
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Iwasa Hitoo
Kano Gota
Matsushita Electronics Corporation
Tupman W.
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