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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Yasuhiko Inagaki, Atsugi, JP;
Kyozo Makime, Isehara, JP;
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of resistors each of which has a resistance that varies depending on voltage applied between contacts of the resistor. The semiconductor device includes a first resistor including a first resistive layer connected at a first contact to a first input wire and connected at a second contact to a first output wire, the first output wire having a first shielding portion which is connected to the second contact and shields the first resistive layer. A second resistor includes a second resistive layer connected at a third contact to a second input wire and connected at a fourth contact to a second output wire, the second output wire having a second shielding portion which is connected to the fourth contact and shields the second resistive layer. The first resistor and the second resistor are connected such that a potential difference of the first shielding portion of the first resistor from the first contact thereof and a potential difference of the second shielding portion of the second resistor from the third contact thereof are equal in polarity.