Method of manufacturing semiconductor on insulator transistor with complementary transistor coupled to the channel
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorMishel Matloubian
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AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorMishel Matloubian
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The described embodiments of the present invention provide a method and structure for actively controlling the voltage applied to the channel of field effect transistors. In the described embodiments, a transistor connected to the channel region is fabricated. The channel transistor has opposite conductivity type to the transistor using the main channel region. The source of the channel transistor is connected to the channel and the drain of the channel transistor is connected to a reference voltage. The same gate is used to control the channel transistor and the main transistor. When a voltage which causes the main transistor to be on is applied, the channel transistor is off, thus allowing the channel to float and allowing higher drive current. On the other hand, when a voltage to turn off the main transistor is applied, the channel transistor is turned on, thus clamping the channel region to the reference voltage. This allows for consistent threshold voltage control of the main transistor. In a preferred embodiment, the channel of the main transistor is used as the source of the channel transistor and the gate of the main transistor extends onto the channel region of the channel transistor. The reference voltage is then connected to the drain region which is formed on the opposite side of the channel transistor channel region from the main transistor's channel.
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A method of forming a transistor structure comprising the steps of:
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