ELECTRONIC SWITCH AND OPERATIONAL METHOD FOR TRANSISTOR

• US 20060220727A1
• Filed: 07/07/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Original Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Inventors: Yen, Chih-Jen
• Application Number:
  US11/160,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20060220727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/534
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/063 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/102 in field-effect transistor switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/0018 Special modifications or use of the back gate voltage of a FET

Abstract

An electronic switch and an operational method for transistor are provided. The electronic switch includes a switch transistor and a bulk switch. The switch transistor has at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal. According to the third terminal, the connecting status between the first and the second terminal is determined. The bulk switch is coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor for determining whether to connect the bulk to the first or the second terminal of the switch transistor according to at least one control signal.

Claims

1. An electronic switch, comprising:

a switch transistor comprising at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, for determining a connection status between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the third terminal; and

a bulk switch, coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor, for determining whether to connect the bulk of the switch transistor to the first terminal of the switch transistor or the second terminal of the switch transistor according to at least one control signal.

2. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1 wherein the switch transistor is a PMOS transistor, and the bulk of the switch transistor is coupled to one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch transistor that has a higher voltage according to the control signal.

3. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1 wherein the switch transistor is an NMOS transistor, and the bulk of the switch transistor is coupled to one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch transistor that has a lower voltage according to the control signal.

4. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control signal comprises a first switch signal and a second switch signal, the bulk switch comprising:

a first transistor, a source of which being coupled to the first terminal of the switch transistor, a drain of which being coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor, a gate of which receiving the first switch signal; and

a second transistor, a source of which being coupled to the second terminal of the switch transistor, a drain of which being coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor, a gate of which receiving the second switch signal.

5. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 4 wherein the bulk of the first transistor and the bulk of the second transistor are coupled to the bulk of the switch transistor.

6. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 4 wherein the switch transistor, the first transistor and the second transistor are NMOS transistors.

7. The electronic switch as claimed in claim 4 wherein the switch transistor, the first transistor and the second transistor are PMOS transistors.

8. An operational method for a switch transistor with at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, wherein a connection status between the first terminal and the second terminal is determined according to the third terminal, the operational method for the switch transistor comprising:

determining whether to connect the bulk of the switch transistor to the first terminal of the switch transistor or the second terminal of the switch transistor according to at least one control signal.

9. The operational method for a switch transistor as claimed in claim 8 wherein the switch transistor is a PMOS transistor, and the operational method for the switch transistor further comprises:

coupling the bulk of the switch transistor to one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch transistor, which has a higher voltage.

10. The operational method for a switch transistor as claimed in claim 8 wherein the switch transistor is an NMOS transistor, and the operational method for the switch transistor further comprises:

coupling the bulk of the switch transistor to one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch transistor, which has a lower voltage.