Patent ID: 6794908
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H01L,H03K

Abstract:
A radiation-hardening circuit comprising:a first transistor of a given transistor type having a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a body terminal; a resistor having a first node and a second node, wherein the first node of the resistor is conductively coupled to an output node and wherein the second node of the resistor is conductively coupled to the body terminal of the first transistor, the body terminal of the first transistor having no further connection to any gate, drain, source, or body terminal of any other transistor; and a second transistor of a same transistor type as the first transistor having a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a body terminal, wherein the drain terminal of the second transistor is conductively coupled to the source terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the second transistor is conductively coupled to the gate terminal of the first transistor.