Patent ID: 9666667
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01L,H02M,H03K

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being laterally separated from the second end portion; at least two regions of a first semiconductor material and at least two regions of second semiconductor material being alternatively interleaved above the substrate and extending laterally between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first semiconductor material having a first doping type and the second semiconductor material having a second doping type that is different than the first doping type; a first electrode on the substrate at the first end portion and a second electrode on the substrate at the second end portion, each of the first electrode and the second electrode being configured and arranged to operate both as a source and drain; a first gate electrode having multiple portions adjacent the first end portion on each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material and multiple portions adjacent the second end portion on each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material; and a second gate electrode having multiple portions adjacent the first end portion on each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material and multiple portions adjacent the second end portion on each of the first and second semiconductor material, wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are configured and arranged to bidirectionally control current flow between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material by applying voltages to the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode.