RF voltage controlled capacitor on thick-film SOI

US6465830B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey A. Babcock · Neufahrn, DE
• Gregory E. Howard · Dallas, US
• Angelo Pinto · Augusta, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2002
• Expiry date: May 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D86/201

Abstract

A voltage controlled capacitor sandwiched between a buried oxide and a shallow trench insulator to form a near ideal P+ to n-well diode with minimal parasitic capacitance and resistance.