A 16 Mbps adapter chip for the IBM token-ring local area network

Author

Lang, K.W. ; Erdelyi, C.K. ; Lamphere, J.L. ; Oakland, S.F. ; Blair, J.D. ; Correale, A., Jr. ; Cranford, H.C. ; Dombrowski, D.A. ; Hoffman, C.R. ; Lee, J.K. ; Mullen, J.M. ; Norman, V.R.

fYear

1989

fDate

15-18 May 1989

Abstract

A 9.02-mm×9.02-mm chip built in 1-μm CMOS with two levels of metal and an addition mask level for fabricating capacitors is described. It contains both analog and digital circuits and has provisions for self-test. The functions include the transmitter, receiver, protocol handler, and microprocessor, as well as interfaces for RAM/ROM storage, IBM PC bus, IBM PS/2 bus, IBM 3174 bus, and Motorola 68000 bus. 24 K circuits of standard cell gates, 10 K circuits equivalent hand-honed custom microprocessor, and an analog macro form the physical design terrains. The chip operates from a single 5-V supply, and the power consumption is 0.8 W nominal at 16 Mb/s. The chip can also be operated at 4 Mb/s

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; computer interfaces; data communication equipment; microprocessor chips; token networks; 0.8 W; 1 micron; 16 Mbit/s; 5 V; 9.02 mm; CMOS; IBM 3174 bus; IBM PC bus; IBM PS/2 bus; IBM token-ring local area network; Motorola 68000 bus; RAM/ROM storage; adapter chip; analog macro; custom microprocessor; functions; interfaces; mask level for fabricating capacitors; mixed mode circuits; power consumption; protocol handler; receiver; self-test; standard cell gates; transmitter; two levels of metal;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1989.56733

Filename

5726200