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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Sangwook Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Ihun Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
Changjung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jaechul Park, Seoul, KR;
Sunil Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sangwook Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Ihun Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
Changjung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jaechul Park, Seoul, KR;
Sunil Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an inverter, a method of operating the inverter, and a logic circuit including the inverter. The inverter may include a load transistor and a driving transistor, and at least one of the load transistor and the driving transistor may have a double gate structure. A threshold voltage of the load transistor or the driving transistor may be adjusted by the double gate structure, and accordingly, the inverter may be an enhancement/depletion (E/D) mode inverter.