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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Motoyasu Nakao, Sagamihara, JP;
Akihiro Sasabata, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A field effect transistor (FET) is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal connected to the FET are also formed on the semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment of the invention, a metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor for blocking a bias current is disposed between the FET and the drain terminal. A bias terminal is provided between the MIM capacitor and the FET. Passive circuits connected to the drain terminal, the source terminal, and the gate terminal, and a bias circuit connected to the bias terminal are formed on a dielectric substrate. With this arrangement, the circuitry on the semiconductor substrate can be simplified. The general versatility of a resulting semiconductor device can be increased, and the size of the semiconductor device can be reduced.