Integration of InAs/AlSb/GaSb resonant interband tunneling diodes with heterostructure field-effect transistors for ultra high-speed digital circuit applications

Author

Fay, P. ; Bernstein, G.H. ; Chow, D. ; Schulman, J. ; Mazumder, P. ; Williamson, W. ; Gilbert, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

4-6 Mar 1999

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

165

Abstract

Resonant tunnelling diode based logic circuits offer significant advantages for low power, ultra-high-speed applications. In this work, a low-power resonant interband tunneling diode (RITD)-based logic technology capable of operating at clock rates of at least 12 GHz is reported. The circuits are fabricated using InAs/AlSb/GaSb RITDs. Fanout of at least two at a clock rate of 10 GHz is also reported for two AND gates in a two-stage pipelined configuration. Simulation results for an RITD/HFET circuit based on measured characteristics of InAs/AlSb/GaSb RITDs and InAs-channel HFETs for a simple inverting Schmitt trigger are presented to demonstrate the advantages of an integrated RITD/HFET technology. This circuit architecture demonstrates proper operation with power supply voltages as low as 0.5 V. In addition, well defined logic levels and abrupt logic transitions are achieved, despite the limited transconductance and large output conductance typical of InAs-channel HFETs

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; field effect logic circuits; gallium compounds; indium compounds; pipeline processing; resonant tunnelling diodes; trigger circuits; very high speed integrated circuits; 0.5 V; 10 to 12 GHz; AND gates; InAs-AlSb-GaSb; RTD logic circuits; abrupt logic transitions; clock rates; fanout; heterostructure field-effect transistors; integrated RITD/HFET technology; inverting Schmitt trigger; logic levels; output conductance; power supply voltages; resonant interband tunneling diodes; transconductance; two-stage pipelined configuration; ultra high-speed digital circuit applications; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Diodes; HEMTs; Integrated circuit measurements; Logic circuits; MODFETs; Resonance; Resonant tunneling devices; Trigger circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI, 1999. Proceedings. Ninth Great Lakes Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ypsilanti, MI

ISSN

1066-1395

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0104-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLSV.1999.757401

Filename

757401