摘要
The authors report a gate array based on heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and using ECL/CML (emitter-coupled-logic/current-mode-logic) circuits. The transistors employed have ft values up to 43 GHz. Frequency dividers based on gate-array macrocells have shown flip-flop toggle rates up to 7.0 GHz. A device technology and circuit approach targeted at ultrahigh speeds are used. The HBTs used are based on AlGaAs/GaAs epilayer structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy on semi-insulating GaAs substrates. The gate array has been personalized to produce a 4/8-bit data multiplexer, a 4/8-bit data demultiplexer, a seven-stage variable-modulus divider, and a phase detector. Operation up to a maximum frequency of 7.0 GHz was observed; the corresponding gate delay of the bilevel CML gates in the divider is 71 ps with an average fanout of 2.5.
原文 | English |
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頁(從 - 到) | 186-187, 336 |
期刊 | Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference |
卷 | 32 |
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出版狀態 | Published - 1 12月 1989 |
事件 | IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC 1989) - New York, NY, USA 持續時間: 15 2月 1989 → 17 2月 1989 |