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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2003
Applicant:
James Thomas Doyle, Nederland, CO (US);
Inventor:
James Thomas Doyle, Nederland, CO (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The leakage current output by a MOS transistor is minimized by varying a back bias voltage across a range of voltages, and detecting the back bias voltage within the range that minimizes the leakage current output by the MOS transistor. The detected back bias voltage is then applied to the MOS transistor.