Integrated Circuits for Broad-Band Communications Systems

Integrated circuits for broad-band communication systems which enable broad-band communication between subscribers require LSI´s with a performance concerning speed, complexity, and power dissipation which cannot be fully met by present semiconductor technologies. The requirements for coders and decoders, line transmission circuits, and broad-band switching network elements depend upon the system concept chosen. For one chosen system concept, these requirements are derived. By using a representative model for the development of the demand, characteristic curves for the demand of subscriber-line circuits and for central unit elements are resulting. From these curves the optimum semiconductor technologies, complexities, and design strategies are derived. It can be assumed that the results are rather independent of variations of system concept and introduction models.