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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Soitec, Bernin, FR;
Inventor:
Richard Ferrant, Esquibien, FR;
Assignee:
SOITEC, Bernin, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/09429 (2013.01); H01L 27/0886 (2013.01); H01L 27/1203 (2013.01); H03K 19/094 (2013.01); H03K 19/0941 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tristate gate includes an output port and at least two transistors. Each of the transistors has at least a first and a second gate configured such that a high-impedance value (Z) on the output port is set by controlling the threshold voltage of at least one of the transistors.