New semiconductor technology creates devices that extend circuit operations

Advanced Linear Devices has released a zero-gate threshold voltage EPAD P-Channel MOSFET Array claimed to offer the industry’s first precision sub-threshold circuit. The MOSFET currently has a very low operating voltage of 0.2V and current of less than 1nA. These chips enable the operating regions required for the next generations of development in energy harvesting, IoT sensors applications. The ALD310700A/ALD310700 quad zero threshold MOSFET is intended for the development of small signal precision applications utilizing 0.00V Zero Threshold Voltage. The circuit is ideal for designs requiring very low operating voltages of <+0.5V power supplies. Allowing circuits to operate in the subthreshold region for the first time ever, expands the MOSFET’s operating range into never-before achieved signal levels.