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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurence A. Bourdillon, New Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/126 ; G05F 3/16 ; H01L 2/100 ; G11C 1/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/126 ; G05F 3/16 ; H01L 2/100 ; G11C 1/124 ;
Abstract
The inherent capacitance between the substrate and the drain of an SOI device is utilized as part of a circuit. The substrate is connected to a sensing pin brought external to the chip, and other electronic components are hooked up to form a circuit that includes and operates with the inherent capacitance between the substrate and the drain.