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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas E Houston, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Surinder Krishna, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Bantval Jayant Baliga, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 57 ; 357 34 ; 357 36 ;
Abstract
A Gate Modulated BiPolar Transistor, or GAMBIT, is a three terminal negative resistance device. A load is connected between the emitter and collector terminals and the magnitude of the negative resistance is controlled by the voltage on the gate terminal. An increase in the output voltage modulates the resistance of the gate which decreases the output current.