VOLTAGE VARIABLE CAPACITOR

A voltage variable capacitor (10) has as the base substrate a silicon wafer with a layer of high resistivity semiconductor material on top of the substrate. An insulating layer (16) of a metal oxide having a dielectric constant greater than the dielectric constant of the semiconductors (12), such as...

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Hauptverfasser:	CORNETT, KENNETH D, SHAPIRO, GARY H, RAMAKRISHNAN, E.S, CALDWELL, RAYMOND M, HOWNG, WEI-YEAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CAPACITORS CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:	A voltage variable capacitor (10) has as the base substrate a silicon wafer with a layer of high resistivity semiconductor material on top of the substrate. An insulating layer (16) of a metal oxide having a dielectric constant greater than the dielectric constant of the semiconductors (12), such as zirconium titanate, is formed on top of the high resistivity layer, and a metal electrode (18) is formed on the insulating layer (16). When the electrode is energized, a depletion layer (20) is formed in the high resistivity layer. By varying the voltage applied to the electrode, the capacitance of the device is altered.