Patent ID: 7205825

Claim:
An inverter circuit, comprising: a first transistor, comprising a p-channel body-tied transistor; a second transistor, comprising an n-channel body-tied transistor, wherein a drain of the second transistor is coupled to a drain of the first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is coupled to a gate of the second transistor; a first group of components coupled to a body of the first transistor and to a body of the second transistor, wherein the first group of components provides body potentials for the first and second transistors if the inverter circuit belongs to an even numbered stage of a chain of inverter circuits; and a second group of components coupled to the body of the first transistor and to the body of the second transistor, wherein the second group of components provides body potentials for the first and second transistors if the inverter circuit belongs to an odd numbered stage of the chain of inverter circuits; wherein the first group of components comprises: a third transistor, comprising a p-channel floating body transistor, wherein a drain of the third transistor is coupled to the body of the first transistor; a first capacitor coupled to a source of the third transistor; a first voltage source coupled to a gate of the third transistor; a fourth transistor, comprising an n-channel floating body transistor, wherein a source of the fourth transistor is coupled to the body of the second transistor; a second capacitor coupled to a drain of the fourth transistor; and a second voltage source coupled to a gate of the fourth transistor.