The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Man-Ho Kwan, Kowloon, HK;

Fu-Wei Yao, Hsinchu, TW;

Ru-Yi Su, Yunlin County, TW;

King-Yuen Wong, Tuen Mun, HK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2013.01); H01L 27/0883 (2013.01); H01L 29/778 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a first transistor having a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, and a first gate terminal; and a second transistor having a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, and a second gate terminal. The second source terminal is coupled to the first gate terminal and the first source terminal is coupled to the second gate terminal. The first transistor has a first threshold voltage, and the second transistor has a second threshold voltage different from the first threshold voltage.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…