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EP0084844A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

FET circuits

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1983-01-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-01-18
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Abstract

Abstract A FET circuit suitable for e.g. latch, comprises a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), therein input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) of each inverter are connected such that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal of the FET of the other inverter through a circuit having a FET (Q 54 , Q 53 ) and at least a diode (D 52 , D 51 ), the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q52) are connected to a common-connection point (C), and current source means such as a resister (R 55 ) is connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power supply terminal (52); the circuit has a good characteristic that allowable range of the effective threshold voltage V T is extended and power consumption is small.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shin-Ichi Katsu
  • 👤 Shutaro Nambu
  • 👤 Akio Shimano

Bibliographic Details

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 19:33
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K3/00; H03K3/02; H03K3/353; H03K3/356; H03K3/356017; H03K3/356034; H03K3/356043; H03K3/356052; H03K3/35606; H03K3/356069

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal (at 54, 53) of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter, the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and current source means (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power supply terminal (52).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal (at 54, 53) of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter, the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and current source means (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power supply terminal (52).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said power source terminal (52) is grounding terminal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said current supply means is a resister.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said current source means is a source-drain circuit of another FET.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 20 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gate of said another FET is connected to its source.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 26 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 5, wherein said current source means is a dual gate FET with its two gates connected to its source.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said FETs are Schottky junction gate FETs.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 134 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a FET (Q 54 , Q53) and the sources of said input-stage FETs - (Q51 Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and a resister (R 55 ) is connected between said common-connect point (C) and a power supply terminal (52), the input electrodes of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected through respective resisters ( R 53 , R54) to another power supply terminal (55).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 134 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a FET (Q 54 , Q53) and the sources of said input-stage FETs - (Q51 Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and a resister (R 55 ) is connected between said common-connect point (C) and a power supply terminal (52), the input electrodes of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected through respective resisters ( R 53 , R54) to another power supply terminal (55).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 19 words
A FET circuit in accordance with claim 8, wherein both the said power source terminals (52, 55) are common.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 198 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal (at 54, 53) of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a normally-on FET (Q 54 , Q 53 ) and at least one diode (D 52 , D51), the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51' Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and a resister (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power source terminal (52), the input electrodes of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected through respective resistors (R53, R54) to said power supply, terminal (52), a pair of FETs (Q 15 , Q 16 ) are connected by their sources to the input electrodes (gates 54, 53) of the inverter (Q 52 , Q 51 ), respectively, by their gates commonly to a terminal (15) of a given voltage and by their drains to respective write-in terminals (16, 17).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 198 words
A FET circuit comprising: a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51 , Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal (at 54, 53) of the FET (Q 52 , Q 51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a normally-on FET (Q 54 , Q 53 ) and at least one diode (D 52 , D51), the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51' Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and a resister (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power source terminal (52), the input electrodes of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected through respective resistors (R53, R54) to said power supply, terminal (52), a pair of FETs (Q 15 , Q 16 ) are connected by their sources to the input electrodes (gates 54, 53) of the inverter (Q 52 , Q 51 ), respectively, by their gates commonly to a terminal (15) of a given voltage and by their drains to respective write-in terminals (16, 17).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 308 words
A FET composite circuit comprising: a first reset-set flip-flop (91) as a first stage and, a second reset-set flip-flop (92) as a second stage, said first reset-set flip-flop (91) and said second flip-flop (92) being connected in a manner that output terminals Q and Q of the former (91) are connected to the input terminals S and R of the latter (92), respectively, a clock input terminal C of the former (91) and a reference input terminal REF of the latter (92) are connected in common to a clock input terminal (93) of said composite circuit, a reference input terminal REF of the former (91) and a clock input terminal C of the latter (92) are connected in common to a first reference input terminal (94) of said composite circuit, a reset input terminal R of the former (91) is connected to a second reference input terminal (96), a set input terminal S of the former (91) is connected to a delay input terminal '(95) of the composite circuit, output terminals Q and Q of the latter (92) are connected to the output terminals (97 and 98) of the composite circuit, respectively, and each of said first reset-set flip-flop (91) and said second reset-set flip-flop (92) comprising a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51' Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal ( at 54 , 53 ) of the FET (Q 52 , Q51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a FET, the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and current source means (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power source terminal (52).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 308 words
A FET composite circuit comprising: a first reset-set flip-flop (91) as a first stage and, a second reset-set flip-flop (92) as a second stage, said first reset-set flip-flop (91) and said second flip-flop (92) being connected in a manner that output terminals Q and Q of the former (91) are connected to the input terminals S and R of the latter (92), respectively, a clock input terminal C of the former (91) and a reference input terminal REF of the latter (92) are connected in common to a clock input terminal (93) of said composite circuit, a reference input terminal REF of the former (91) and a clock input terminal C of the latter (92) are connected in common to a first reference input terminal (94) of said composite circuit, a reset input terminal R of the former (91) is connected to a second reference input terminal (96), a set input terminal S of the former (91) is connected to a delay input terminal '(95) of the composite circuit, output terminals Q and Q of the latter (92) are connected to the output terminals (97 and 98) of the composite circuit, respectively, and each of said first reset-set flip-flop (91) and said second reset-set flip-flop (92) comprising a pair of inverters (Q 51 +Q 53 , Q 52 +Q 54 ), each inverter comprising an input-stage FET (Q 51' Q 52 ) connected in a manner that the gate electrode is connected to receive output signal ( at 54 , 53 ) of the FET (Q 52 , Q51 ) of the other inverter through a circuit having a FET, the sources of said input-stage FETs (Q 51 , Q 52 ) being connected to a common-connection point (C), and current source means (R 55 ) connected between said common-connection point (C) and a power source terminal (52).

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