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Space charge current limited shunt in a cascode circuit for hvtft devices
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1990-08-10
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Granted: 1991-12-17
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Expires: 2010-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A cascode circuit for switching a high voltage thin film transistor substantially over its entire high voltage range, comprising a leaky low voltage thin film transistor connected in series with the high voltage thin film transistor, the transistors being connected between a source of high potential and a source of reference potential, and the leaky low voltage thin film transistor includes a space charge limited current shunt connected in parallel with the low voltage thin film transistor.
Inventors
- 👤 Victor M. Da Costa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 23:27
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K17/00; H03K17/51; H03K17/56; H03K17/687; H03K17/693; H03K17/10; H03K17/102; H03K17/6871
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
In a cascode circuit comprising a high voltage thin film transistor and a low voltage thin film transistor connected in series with said high voltage thin film transistor, each of said transistors including a source electrode a drain electrode and a gate electrode, said drain electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to a source of high potential, said gate electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to a source of fixed potential, said source electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to said drain of said low voltage transistor and said source electrode of said low voltage transistor being connected to a source of reference potential, the improvement for switching said high voltage thin film transistor substantially over its entire high voltage range comprising a thin film space charge limited current shunt connected in parallel with said low voltage transistor between said source electrode and said drain electrode of said low voltage transistor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
In a cascode circuit comprising a high voltage thin film transistor and a low voltage thin film transistor connected in series with said high voltage thin film transistor, each of said transistors including a source electrode a drain electrode and a gate electrode, said drain electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to a source of high potential, said gate electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to a source of fixed potential, said source electrode of said high voltage transistor being connected to said drain of said low voltage transistor and said source electrode of said low voltage transistor being connected to a source of reference potential, the improvement for switching said high voltage thin film transistor substantially over its entire high voltage range comprising a thin film space charge limited current shunt connected in parallel with said low voltage transistor between said source electrode and said drain electrode of said low voltage transistor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 1 the OFF state leakage current of the combination of said low voltage transistor and said thin film space charge limited current shunt is greater than the OFF state leakage current of said high voltage thin film transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 1 said transistors and said shunt are made of amorphous silicon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 1 in the OFF state of said transistors, the gate electrode to source electrode bias of said high voltage transistor is no greater than two volts below the threshold voltage of said high voltage transistor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 1 said low voltage transistor and said space charge limited shunt comprises a single device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
117 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 5 said single device comprises an amorphous silicon charge transport layer, laterally spaced source and drain electrodes in contact with said charge transport layer, a gate electrode spaced from said charge transport layer by a gate dielectric layer, and said single device includes a first portion in which said gate electrode extends laterally from said source electrode to said drain electrode, and a second portion in which there is no gate electrode extending laterally from said source electrode to said drain electrode, whereby an ungated electrical path is provided between said source electrode and said drain electrode in parallel with a gated path between said source and drain electrodes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
81 words
In a cascode circuit comprising a high voltage thin film transistor and a leaky low voltage thin film transistor connected in series with said high voltage thin film transistor, said transistors being connected between a source of high potential and a source of reference potential, the improvement for switching said high voltage thin film transistor substantially over its entire high voltage range comprising a thin film space charge limited current shunt connected in parallel with said low voltage thin film transistor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
81 words
In a cascode circuit comprising a high voltage thin film transistor and a leaky low voltage thin film transistor connected in series with said high voltage thin film transistor, said transistors being connected between a source of high potential and a source of reference potential, the improvement for switching said high voltage thin film transistor substantially over its entire high voltage range comprising a thin film space charge limited current shunt connected in parallel with said low voltage thin film transistor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 7 the OFF state leakage current of said leaky low voltage thin film transistor is greater than the OFF state leakage current of said high voltage thin film transistor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 7 said transistors and said shunt are made of amorphous silicon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
In the cascode circuit as defined in claim 7 said leaky low voltage thin film transistor comprises a single device.
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