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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Kenneth G. Richardson, Erie, CO (US);
Michael Straub, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth G. Richardson, Erie, CO (US);
Michael Straub, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
AGERE Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide circuits and methods for improved FET matching. As one example, such methods may include providing two or more transistors. Each of the transistors includes a channel that varies in cross-sectional width from the source to the drain, and the transistors are matched one to another.