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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A multiple gate semiconductor structure is disclosed having a thin segment of semiconductor with first and second major surfaces that are opposite one another, a first gate on the first major surface of the segment, a second gate on the second major surface of the segment opposite the first gate, a first differential input coupled to the first gate, and a second differential input coupled to the second gate. Preferably the semiconductor structure is symmetrical about a plane that extends through the thin segment between the first and second major surfaces. When a first voltage of a first polarity is applied to the first input and a second voltage of the same magnitude as that of the first voltage but of opposite polarity is applied to the second input, a virtual ground is established in the structure near its center of the segment.