...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4250409 | Control circuitry using a pull-down transistor for high voltage field terminated diode solid-state switches To switch a first gated diode switch (GDS) to the "OFF" state requires a voltage applied to the gate which is more positive than that of the anode or cathode and the sourcing of current into the gate which is of the same order of magnitude as flows betwee... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4233615 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device An IC device comprising a junction type field effect transistor of a back gate type and a bipolar device such as a bipolar transistor and a resistor made of impurity diffused region, wherein an extremely thin (in the order of 0.05-0.2 μm) impurity doped ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4216038 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing process thereof In a semiconductor device of the type arranged so that the minority carriers are injected into a lightly-doped n type semiconductor layer from a heavily-doped p type semiconductor layer provided in the n type layer, that portion of the p type layer exclud... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4209795 | Jsit-type field effect transistor with deep level channel doping A field effect transistor of the type wherein the conductivity of the channel thereof is variable by injecting the minority carriers into the channel from the gate thereof, is disclosed. The channel of the transistor includes minority carrier recombinatio... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4202002 | Ion-implanted layers with abrupt edges A structure in the form of an ion-implanted layer with asymmetric edges is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The asymmetric edge has one end which slopes toward the surface of the substrate and the other which terminates abruptly inside the bulk of the... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4198648 | Integrated semiconductor device An integrated semiconductor device comprising: a first and a second static induction transistor each including a drain and a source, each having a first conductivity type, a current channel having the first conductivity type and located between the drain ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4143392 | Composite JFET-bipolar structure A junction field effect transistor and a bipolar transistor are merged in a single composite device disposed within a single isolation region by the use of planar processing techniques. The device includes an annular source region formed within a semicond... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4138614 | JFET switch circuit JFET and bipolar transistor devices are combined into an analog signal switching circuit. A JFET acts as a switch device for controlling analog signals. The JFET gate is charged through a bipolar transistor to turn if off and discharged through a second b... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4126899 | Junction field effect transistor random access memory A random access memory (RAM) in which each memory cell includes a JFET having two gate electrodes selectable by means of a single word line and a single bit line. The JFETs have a common electrode formed from the substrate of a semiconductor body common t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4095252 | Composite JFET-bipolar transistor structure A JFET is coupled in parallel with a bipolar transistor to produce a composite structure that has improved signal transfer characteristics in certain circuit applications. While useful with discrete devices, the combination is readily achieved in integrat... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4085417 | JFET switch circuit and structure JFET and bipolar transistor devices are combined into an analog signal switching circuit. A JFET acts as a switch device for controlling analog signals. The JFET gate is charged through a bipolar transistor to turn it off and discharged through a second b... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4069494 | Inverter circuit arrangements An inverter has a bipolar transistor and a field-effect transistor. The base gate electrodes are connected to the inverter input, and the collector and source electrodes are connected to the inverter output. The transistors are in series between supply ra... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068254 | Integrated FET circuit with input current cancellation An integrated circuit including an FET and an analog for cancelling input current that would otherwise be required to supply the FET gate leakage current. The analog establishes a leakage current the magnitude of which is a substantially fixed proportion ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4066917 | Circuit combining bipolar transistor and JFET's to produce a constant voltage characteristic A pair of FET's are coupled in series between the emitter and collector of a bipolar transistor and the juncture of the FET's coupled to the bipolar transistor base. The FET gates are coupled to the bipolar transistor collector. When a current is passed t... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4063271 | FET and bipolar device and circuit process with maximum junction control Disclosed are improved field-effect and bipolar semiconductor devices and the method of making them, wherein maximum junction control provides highly predictable device parameters. Low temperature epitaxial depositions provide tight junction thickness and... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4049476 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device which includes at least one V-groove jfet and one bipolar transistor A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, which includes at least one junction field-effect transistor and at least one bipolar transistor, is characterized in that a groove portion is formed by chemically etching a part of a di... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4032961 | Gate modulated bipolar transistor Geometrical design criteria are disclosed for a Gate Modulated BiPolar Transistor, or GAMBIT, which is a three terminal variable negative resistance device. The GAMBIT is a planar, interdigited, integrated device whose electrical characteristics show a vo... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4016595 | Field effect transistor switching circuit A novel FET switching circuit including a high beta transistor in an analog switch FET circuit for rapid, low power consumption with transient current pull up to the FET switching circuit to the on condition. A novel circuit is utilized and coupled to the... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3999207 | Field effect transistor with a carrier injecting region A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductive region of one conductivity type, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on said first semiconductive region, a second semiconductive region of the opposite conductivity type contiguous to a c... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3986195 | Light responsive field effect transistor having a pair of gate regions A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductive region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductive region of a second conductivity type adjacent to the first semiconductive region, and a third semiconductive region of the first conductivi... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3979769 | Gate modulated bipolar transistor A Gate Modulated BiPolar Transistor, or GAMBIT, is a three terminal negative resistance device. A load is connected between the emitter and collector terminals and the magnitude of the negative resistance is controlled by the voltage on the gate terminal.... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3968450 | Transistor amplifier A transistor amplifier comprised of a field effect transistor having triode-type dynamic characteristics in combination with a bipolar transistor. The current flowing through the field effect transistor is a function of an input signal. The bipolar transi... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3936929 | Fet and bipolar device and circuit process with maximum junction control Disclosed are improved field-effect and bipolar semiconductor devices and the method of making them, wherein maximum junction control provides highly predictable device parameters. Low temperature epitaxial depositions provide tight junction thickness and... | 02/10/1976 |