Patent ID: 8482099

Claim:
A poly-resistor, comprising: a first region wherein the first region is characterized as semiconductive or conductive; a resistive strip providing a resistive connection between a first resistor contact and a second resistor contact; said resistive strip extending over at least a part of said first region; a dielectric layer isolating said first region from said resistive strip; and a bias source connected to said first region, for biasing said first region to a voltage which lies between a voltage at the first resistor contact and a voltage at the second resistor contact, said bias source including: a second resistive strip providing a resistive connection between a third resistor contact at which a first voltage can be applied and a forth resistor contact at which a second voltage can be applied; and a conductive path from said second resistive strip to said first region, for biasing said first region with a bias voltage between said first voltage and said second voltage.