Title :
Masterslice II: a quick turnaround prototyping and production tool for gigahertz ICs
Author :
Flower, Graham ; Lai, Benny ; Lee, Don ; Sears, David ; Stockwell, Tim
Abstract :
A description is given of Masterslice II, a highly versatile bipolar array suitable for quick turnaround prototyping of high-speed digital or analog circuits. The array has been designed for 3-GHz clock rates with minimum power dissipation using three-level series-gated ECL structures. This chip and its associated package feature ECL input levels and either ECL, EECL, BLL or TTL output levels. Provisions has been made to realize very low supply and ground inductances and on-chip terminations. Four pads are dedicated to voltage codes which identify the circuit for the test system
Keywords :
bipolar integrated circuits; cellular arrays; circuit layout CAD; emitter-coupled logic; linear integrated circuits; logic CAD; logic arrays; 3 GHz; CAD; Masterslice II; analog circuits; bipolar array; computer aided design; digital circuits; gigahertz ICs; high speed circuits; package; production tool; quick turnaround prototyping; three-level series-gated ECL structures; Circuit testing; Clocks; Costs; Coupling circuits; High speed integrated circuits; Power dissipation; Production; Prototypes; Resistors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1989., Proceedings of the 1989
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1989.69453
