SOI switch enhancement
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1. A serially stacked shunt semiconductor on insulator (SOI) switch comprising:
- a plurality of field effect transistor (FET) devices, where each FET device of the plurality of FET devices includes a gate contact, a drain contact, and a source contact, and such that the plurality of FET devices are coupled in series to form a chain having a first drain at a first end of the chain, a first source coupled at a second end of the chain, and wherein the gate contact of the FET device at the second end of the chain is a first gate contact;
a plurality of gate biasing circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of gate biasing circuits is coupled between a corresponding pair of gate contacts of the plurality of FET devices;
a common biasing circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first gate contact;
a plurality of drain-source circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of drain-source circuits is coupled between a corresponding drain contact and source contact of one of the plurality of FET devices; and
a plurality of drain-source speedup circuits, wherein each drain-source speedup circuit of the plurality of drain-source speedup circuits is coupled across a corresponding drain-source circuit of the plurality of drain-source circuits.
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Abstract
The described FET switch topology greatly reduces the off state loading experienced by the gate biasing resistors in a stacked FET structure. The FET switch topology evenly distributes the voltage across the FET switch topology which reduces the voltage across the gate biasing resistors when the stacked FET structure is in an off state. Because the off state loading is reduced, there is a corresponding reduction of the current through bias resistors, which permits a reduction in the size of the bias resistors. This permits a substantial reduction in the area attributed to the bias resistors in an integrated solution.
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1. A serially stacked shunt semiconductor on insulator (SOI) switch comprising:
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a plurality of field effect transistor (FET) devices, where each FET device of the plurality of FET devices includes a gate contact, a drain contact, and a source contact, and such that the plurality of FET devices are coupled in series to form a chain having a first drain at a first end of the chain, a first source coupled at a second end of the chain, and wherein the gate contact of the FET device at the second end of the chain is a first gate contact; a plurality of gate biasing circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of gate biasing circuits is coupled between a corresponding pair of gate contacts of the plurality of FET devices; a common biasing circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first gate contact; a plurality of drain-source circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of drain-source circuits is coupled between a corresponding drain contact and source contact of one of the plurality of FET devices; and a plurality of drain-source speedup circuits, wherein each drain-source speedup circuit of the plurality of drain-source speedup circuits is coupled across a corresponding drain-source circuit of the plurality of drain-source circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A serially stacked shunt semiconductor on insulator (SOI) switch comprising:
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a plurality of field effect transistor (FET) devices, where each FET device of the plurality of FET devices includes a gate contact, a drain contact, a source contact, and a body contact and such that the plurality of FET devices are coupled in series to form a chain having a first drain at a first end of the chain, a first source coupled at a second end of the chain, and wherein the gate contact and the body contact of the FET device at the second end of the chain are a first gate contact and a first body contact; a plurality of gate biasing circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of gate biasing circuits is coupled between a corresponding pair of gate contacts of the plurality of FET devices; a common biasing circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first gate contact; a plurality of drain-source circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of drain-source circuits is coupled between a corresponding drain contact and source contact of one of the plurality of FET devices; a plurality of body biasing circuits coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of body biasing circuits is coupled to the body contact of a corresponding FET device and the body contact of an adjacent FET device; a common body biasing circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the common body biasing circuit is coupled to the first body contact; and a plurality of body speedup circuits, wherein each body speedup circuit of the plurality of body speedup circuits is coupled across a corresponding one of the plurality of body biasing circuits. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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