Title :
A fully compensated active pull-down ECL circuit with self-adjusting driving capability
Author :
Ueda, Kimio ; Sasaki, Nagisa ; Sato, Hisayasu ; Mashiko, Koichiro
Author_Institution :
Syst. LSI Lab., Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Itami, Japan
Abstract :
An active pull-down ECL circuit with full compensation for voltage and temperature is proposed. This circuit adjusts its pull-down capability according to its load capacitance. A fair evaluation method to compare the power dissipation of ECL and CMOS circuits is also proposed
Keywords :
emitter-coupled logic; active pull-down ECL circuit; fully compensated ECL circuit; load capacitance; power dissipation; pull-down capability; self-adjusting driving capability; temperature compensation; voltage compensation; Bipolar transistors; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuits; Large scale integration; Power dissipation; Resistors; Temperature; Threshold voltage; Voltage fluctuations;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting,1994., Proceedings of the 1994
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1316-X
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1994.587875
