Patent ID: 6429492
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G11C,H01L,H03K

Abstract:
A CMOS inverter device switchable between first and second output states in response to corresponding device input states, comprising:an integrated circuit having a first MOSFET of a first conductivity type and a second MOSFET of a second conductivity type, said first and second MOSFETs having their channels serially connected for connection between a voltage source and a circuit ground, and said first and second MOSFET having respective gates connected in circuit together to define a device input, each gate circuit having a respective PN junction therein, the diode of one gate circuit oppositely poled from the diode of the other gate circuit to provide a different PN junction functionality in each gate circuit in response to different input states to thereby cause said first and second MOSFET to have different relative switching characteristics to minimize the time when both MOSFETs are ON simultaneously at least during switch-over.