Patent · US Expired

Target Ion/Ioff threshold tuning circuit and method

US6087892A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateJun 8, 1998
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F3/205
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To compensate for process, activity and environmental variations in a semiconductor device, a ratio of a transistor on-current to a transistor off-current within the semiconductor device is detected. The detected ratio is compared with a target ratio to adjust a bias potential of the semiconductor device to bring the detected ratio of the transistor on-current to the transistor off-current to the target ratio.

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