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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laurence G Walker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James D Sansbury, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert D Rung, Jr, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Juliana Manoliu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3072388 ; 307585 ; 305279 ; 307300 ; 307300 ; 307304 ; 357 23 ; 357 91 ;
Abstract
A method and device are disclosed for reducing the circuit size of a class of circuits including many memory cells and logic circuits. Selected drain to bulk or source to bulk transistor junctions are made leaky. The leaky junctions perform their intended (non-leaky) functions as well as the functions of certain other circuit elements. These other elements may therefore be eliminated from the circuit.