IP Library Granted Patent US 11,275,399
Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,399 · App. 15/994,075 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Reference voltage circuit including depletion type and enhancement type transistors in a common centroid arrangement

Inventors: Masakazu Sugiura (Chiba, JP); Fumihiko Maetani (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
G05F3/262H01L27/0883
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Patent No.
US 11,275,399
App. No.
15/994,075
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a reference voltage circuit which includes a depletion type transistor and an enhancement type transistor. At least one of the depletion type transistor and the enhancement type transistor is formed from a plurality of transistors and the reference voltage circuit is arranged in the form of a common centroid (common center of mass) to avoid the influence of a characteristic fluctuation due to stress from the resin encapsulation of a semiconductor device or the like.

Claims (11)

1. A reference voltage circuit comprising:

one or more depletion type transistors;

one or more enhancement type transistors which is connected in series with the depletion type transistor; and

an output terminal directly coupled to the location where the enhancement type transistor is connected in series with the depletion type transistor, the output terminal configured to output the reference voltage of the reference voltage circuit,

at least one of the depletion type transistor and the enhancement type transistor being comprised of a plurality of transistors two-dimensionally arranged along a first direction and a second direction, and

the one or more depletion type transistors and the one or more enhancement type transistors which are arranged in the form of a common centroid (common center of mass), and of which the one or more depletion type transistors face to the one or more enhancement type transistors across each of a first line and a second line, where the first line is parallel to the first direction and the second line is parallel to the second direction.

2. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more depletion type transistors and the one or more enhancement type transistors are arranged point-symmetrically.

3. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more depletion type transistors and the one or more enhancement type transistors are arranged in linear symmetry.

4. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a source of at least one of the one or more depletion type transistors is directly connected to a drain of at least one of the one or more enhancement type transistors.

5. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more depletion type transistors comprises a plurality of transistors.

6. The reference voltage circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more depletion type transistors comprises a plurality of depletion type transistors and the one or more enhancement type transistors comprises a plurality of enhancement type transistors.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: SUGIURA, MASAKAZU; MAETANI, FUMIHIKO
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045963/0574 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-109043 · Jun 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180348807A1 · Dec 6, 2018
Cited By (1)
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