Title :
BiCMOS nonthreshold logic for high-speed low-power applications
Author :
Bellaouar, A. ; Elmasry, M.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
8/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
New high-speed low-power BiCMOS nonthreshold logic (BNTL) circuits are presented. These circuits offers a built-in CMOS and bipolar level conversion and are suitable for reduced power supply voltage. A 4-b carry lookahead generator (CLG) circuit is designed in BNTL, ECL, and CMOS using 0.8-μm BiCMOS technology. Circuit simulations show that this new logic provides speed comparable to or better than that provided by emitter-coupled logic (ECL) for lower power dissipation
Keywords :
BIMOS integrated circuits; integrated logic circuits; 0.8 micron; BNTL; BiCMOS nonthreshold logic; CMOS; ECL; carry lookahead generator; high-speed low-power applications; reduced power supply voltage; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Delay; Logic circuits; MOSFETs; Power dissipation; Power supplies; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
