Abstract: Four-pole circuits for iterative modular use in integrated circuits fabricated with complementary MOS (C-MOS) technology or LOCMOS technology, having a high density of circuit elements and high speed obtained at low dissipation. Each of said four-pole circuit modules has two signal inputs, a control input and a signal output line. The four-pole circuit modules may be constructed from two series connected complementary MOS transistors or two series-connected p-MOS transistors. In the latter case the control input must be doubled to receive the control signal and its inverted value. The signal outut is then alternatively connected to one of the two signal inputs (logically or physically) by each of the two values of the control signal.

Abstract: A threshold arrangement includes two complementary transistors whose channels are situated in series between two supply terminals. In order to obtain a substantially square-wave relationship between the output voltage on the common drain electrodes and the input voltage on the interconnected gate electrodes, a direct voltage source is included between the two gate electrodes, which source has a voltage which is preferable substantially equal to the supply voltage minus the sum of the threshold voltages of the two complementary transistors.