Tunable capacitor

• Main Authors: NOWAK EDWARD J, IADANZA JOSEPH A, BARROWS COREY K, STOUT DOUGLAS W, STYDUHAR MARK S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.10.2010
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Disclosed are embodiments of a transistor that operates as a capacitor and an associated method of tuning capacitance within such a capacitor. The embodiments of the capacitor comprise a field effect transistor with front and back gates above and below a semiconductor layer, respectively. The capaci...