... doubles for every temperature increase of I I "C for silicon), the leak- age current is also a strong function of temperature. Roughly speaking, the leakage current also doubles for ... majority of microcircuits were realized using bipolar- junction transistors (BJTs). However, in the late 1970s, microcircuits that used MOS 24 Chapter 1 Integrated -Circuit Devices and ... "DS Fig. 1.14 The ID versus VDS curve for an ideal MOS tronsistor. For VDs > VDs-,,, , ID is approximately constant. Before proceeding, it is worth discussing the terms...