Patent ID: 8847321

Claim:
A MOS device, comprising: an active area including a first contact that forms a source contact for the MOS device and a second contact that forms a drain contact for the MOS device, the MOS device being a transistor comprising a plurality of fingers; first and second gates disposed between the first and second contacts, the first gate associated with a first finger and being disposed adjacent to the first contact and having a third contact, the second gate associated with a second finger and being disposed adjacent to the second contact and having a fourth contact that is tied to the third contact such that the third and fourth contacts form a gate contact of the MOS device; and a plurality of gates formed over the active area between the first gate and the second gate, wherein the first finger defined by the active area and the first gate has a first threshold voltage provided by a first gate oxide thickness, and the second finger defined by the active area and the second gate has a second threshold voltage provided by a second gate oxide thickness such that the second threshold voltage is different than the first threshold voltage, and wherein a first subset of the fingers defined by the active area and the plurality of gates between the first and second gates have the first threshold voltage, and a second subset of the fingers defined by the active area and the plurality of gates between the first and second gates have the second threshold voltage.