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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Tsu-jae King, Fremont, CA (US);
David K. Y. Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tsu-Jae King, Fremont, CA (US);
David K. Y. Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Progressant Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/76 (2006.01); H01L 29/788 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A silicon based semiconductor device and method uses charge trapping to alter a density of carriers available in a channel of a field effect transistor (FET) for conduction. The charge trapping mechanism can be controlled by a source-drain bias voltages applied to the FET, so that the device can be turned off through a control mechanism separate from a gate voltage.