Abstract:
A semiconductor structure in which a substrate having surface regions of opposite type conductivity is covered with two different insulating layers. In a specific structure, the regions in the substrate form an isolated gate field effect transistor with a thin layer of silicon nitride forming the insulation in the gate portion and a thicker layer of silicon dioxide forming the insulation over the remainder of the device.
Abstract:
A current-switch emitter-follower is provided with a circuit which compensates for the variations in base-to-emitter voltage due to variations in temperature. The circuit comprises a regulated power supply which maintains its output at a predetermined level with respect to a reference potential such as ground. The power supply includes a transistor having its emitter at said reference potential. The base of this transistor is connected to the power supply output terminal which is therefore maintained at a predetermined level, the base-to-emitter voltage, with respect to said ground reference potential. The base-toemitter voltage of this transistor tracks the base-to-emitter voltage of the emitter-follower circuits so as to compensate for the variations in the latter.