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Field effect conditionally switched capacitor

申请号 US3591836D 申请日 1969-03-04 公开(公告)号 US3591836A 公开(公告)日 1971-07-06
申请人 NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL; 发明人 BOOHER ROBERT K; POLKINGHORN ROBERT W;
摘要 The semiconductor substrate area under a metal plate is induced to change from one type of conductivity to a different type of conductivity when a voltage in excess of the inversion threshold of the substrate is applied to the plate. A capacitor is produced which stores a charge proportional to the applied voltage between the metal plate and the induced region. The induced region is connected to an input electrode. When a voltage is applied to the input electrode the voltage on the fixed plate of the capacitor is boosted by an amount proportional to the applied voltage. When the voltage on the metal plate is reduced below the inversion threshold voltage the induced region reverts back to its original conductivity and the input electrode is isolated from the capacitor.
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  • 2. The combination recited in claim 1 including a field effect device having a control electrode connected to said fixed plate for turning said device on relatively hard in response to the voltage on said fixed plate including the increased voltage whereby the effective resistance of the device is reduced.
  • 3. A capacitive circuit comprising an input electrode including a semiconductor region of a first conductivity-type semiconductor material in a substrate of a different conductivity-type semiconductor material, a capacitor having a fixed plate disposed over a region of the substrate and insulated therefrom, a second plate comprising an inversion layer in the substrate region subjacent said fixed plate, means for electrically connecting said inversion layer with the semiconductor region of said input electrode for connecting said capacitor in electrical series with said input electrode and producing a proportional increase in the voltage on said fixed plate and producing a proportional increase in the voltage on said fixed plate in response to a voltage applied to said input electrode, said capacitive circuit including means for operating in a clocking sequence of multiple phase signals, means for applying a first voltage to said fixed plate during one interval of said multiple phase signals, said voltage having a magnitude for inducing a change in the substrate region subjacent said fixed plate for forming said inversion layer having electrical characteristics substantially equivalent to the semiconductor region of said input electrode; logic function means connected to said fixed plate during a second interval of said multiple phase signals; means for conditionally connecting said fixed plate to electrical ground during said second interval of said multiple phase signals as a function of the logic state of said logic function; and means for applying a second voltage to said input electrode during a third interval of said multiple phase signals for boosting the voltage on said plate as a function of the logic condition of said logic function during said second interval.
  • 4. The combination recited in claim 3 including a field effect device having a coNtrol electrode, wherein said fixed plate is connected to said control electrode for turning said device on in response to said applied voltages.
  • 5. A field effect circuit having semiconductor regions in a substrate, said circuit comprising a capacitor including metal plate means disposed over a semiconductor region of one conductivity type in said substrate having the same conductivity as said semiconductor region; circuit means for inverting said semiconductor region for forming a second plate of the capacitor; and a semiconductor region of a different conductivity type in said substrate, an electrical contact on said region of different conductivity type for providing voltage levels thereto, said region being contiguous with the inverted semiconductor region, means for electrically connecting said inverted semiconductor region with said semiconductor region of a different conductivity type only without directly connecting said semiconductor region of a different conductivity type electrically with other semiconductor regions of said difference conductivity type and for producing a proportional increase in the voltage on said metal plate in response to a voltage level applied to said semiconductor region of different conductivity type.
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