Complementary current field-effect transistor devices and amplifiers
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1. A solid-state device comprising:
- a. first and second complementary field effect transistors, each comprising a source and a drain, wherein the source and drain of the first transistor define a first channel and the source and drain of the second transistor define a second channel;
b. a first diffusion (first iPort) that divides the first channel into a first source channel segment between the source and the first iPort and a first drain channel segment between the first iPort and the drain, and a second diffusion (second iPort) that divides the second channel into a second source channel segment between the source and the second iPort and a second drain channel segment between the second iPort and the drain;
c. a common gate port coupled to the first source channel segment, the first drain channel segment, the second source channel segment and the second drain channel segment; and
d. a common drain port electrically connected to the drains of the first and second transistors.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel and inventive compound device structure, enabling a charge-based approach that takes advantage of sub-threshold operation, for designing analog CMOS circuits. In particular, the present invention relates to a solid state device based on a complementary pair of n-type and p-type current field-effect transistors, each of which has two control ports, namely a low impedance port and gate control port, while a conventional solid state device has one control port, namely gate control port. This novel solid state device provides various improvement over the conventional devices.
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1. A solid-state device comprising:
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a. first and second complementary field effect transistors, each comprising a source and a drain, wherein the source and drain of the first transistor define a first channel and the source and drain of the second transistor define a second channel; b. a first diffusion (first iPort) that divides the first channel into a first source channel segment between the source and the first iPort and a first drain channel segment between the first iPort and the drain, and a second diffusion (second iPort) that divides the second channel into a second source channel segment between the source and the second iPort and a second drain channel segment between the second iPort and the drain; c. a common gate port coupled to the first source channel segment, the first drain channel segment, the second source channel segment and the second drain channel segment; and d. a common drain port electrically connected to the drains of the first and second transistors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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