Patent ID: 7436237

Claim:
A semiconductor switch, comprising: a first semiconductor circuit having a nonlinear characteristic; and a second semiconductor circuit having a nonlinear characteristic, wherein each of the first semiconductor circuit and the second semiconductor circuit is configured to at least one of allow and interrupt transmission of a signal, wherein said first semiconductor circuit compensates for the nonlinear characteristic of said second semiconductor circuit and said second semiconductor circuit compensates for the nonlinear characteristic of said first semiconductor circuit, wherein a current-voltage relationship of said first semiconductor circuit is characterized by the equation I 1 =Σa i *(V 1 ) i , where V 1 is a voltage applied to said first semiconductor circuit, I 1 is an electric current that passes through said first semiconductor circuit when V 1 is applied, and a is a constant, wherein a current-voltage relationship of said second semiconductor circuit is characterized by the equation I 2 =Σb i *(V 2 ) i , where V 2 is a voltage applied to said second semiconductor circuit, I 2 is an electric current that passes through said second semiconductor circuit when V 2 is applied, and b i is a constant, and wherein the signs of a j and b j of at least one pair of a i and b i are different, where j is an integer with a value of at least 2.