Design methodology for implementation of very fast arithmetic primitives using quantum well HEMT technology

Author

de Armas, V. ; Eshraghian, K. ; Montiel-Nelson, J.A. ; Nunez, A. ; Sarmiento, R.

Author_Institution

Centre for Very High Speed Microelectron. Syst., Edith Cowan Univ., Perth, WA, Australia

fYear

1996

Firstpage

156

Lastpage

159

Abstract

Advances in digital gallium arsenide (GaAs) HEMT technology have progressed to the point where it is now possible to design and fabricate very fast processors of moderate complexity using this new technology. The implementation of very-high-frequency online architectures are of particular interest. In this paper, we present a design methodology using the ring notation for the implementation of ultra-high-speed HEMT circuits. The characteristics and performance of basic logic primitives that are suitable for HEMT-based serial architectures and online processing elements are presented in order to illustrate our layout approach

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; digital arithmetic; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit layout; integrated logic circuits; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs; HEMT-based serial architectures; VHF online architectures; circuit layout; design methodology; digital GaAs HEMT technology; logic primitives; online processing elements; quantum well HEMT technology; ring notation; ultra-high-speed HEMT circuits; very fast arithmetic primitives; Arithmetic; Design methodology; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; HEMTs; Logic circuits; Logic design; Microelectronics; Signal processing; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 1996., Nineteenth Convention of

Conference_Location

Jerusalem

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3330-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEIS.1996.566917

Filename

566917