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Integrated semiconductor device with an insulated-gate field effect transistor having a negative transconductance zone

US5130763A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 1990
Grant dateJul 14, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/217
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated semiconductor device, including an insulated-gate field effect transistor biased to a constant level, has a drain-source current characteristic as a function of the gate-source voltage which exhibits a negative transconductance zone beyond a maximum, the slopes of the characteristic on both sides thereof being substantially symmetrical so that two values of the gate-source voltage which are symmetrical with respect to said maximum correspond substantially to the same value of the drain source current, and in that the transistor comprises biasing means ensuring that its operating zone is situated in the region of said characteristic around said maximum.

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