Title :
A speed, power, and supply noise evaluation of ECL driver circuits
Author :
Sidiropoulos, Stefanos ; Jouppi, Norman P. ; Menon, Suresh
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Active pull-down circuits can generate less supply noise while having faster circuit delays and dissipating less power than conventional emitter follower circuits. CML or ECDL resistive pullups are quieter but have poor speed-power performance
Keywords :
driver circuits; ECL driver circuits; active pull-down circuits; circuit delays; power evaluation; speed evaluation; speed-power performance; supply noise evaluation; Circuit noise; Circuit topology; Delay; Driver circuits; Logic circuits; Noise generators; Power dissipation; Power generation; Power supplies; Switches;
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.1994.587876
