Title :
A novel design concept and method for a low-voltage BiCMOS logic circuit
Author :
Zhang, Shayan ; Kalkur, T.S. ; Chen, Dengyuan ; Lee, Steven ; Gatza, Lori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Abstract :
A base transient overdrive design concept is proposed for a C-BiRCMOS logic driver. A new delay model and an area minimization method is described. The C-BiRCMOS circuit is optimized to operate faster than CMOS and conventional BiCMOS drivers for supply voltages down to 1.5-V
Keywords :
BiCMOS logic circuits; 1.5 V; C-BiRCMOS logic driver; area minimization method; base transient overdrive design concept; complementary single resistor shunting; delay model; low-voltage BiCMOS logic circuit; BiCMOS digital integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCOMS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1316-X
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1993.617495
