High-speed, low-power digital and analog circuits implemented in IBM SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author

Fritz, K.E. ; Randall, B.A. ; Fokken, G.J. ; Walters, W.L. ; Lorsung, M.J. ; Nielsen, A.D. ; Prairie, J.F. ; Post, D.J. ; Greenberg, D.R. ; Gilbert, B.K.

Author_Institution

Special Purpose Processor Dev. Group, Mayo Found., Rochester, MN, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

17-20 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

Under the auspices of Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Microsystems Technology Office (DARPA/MTO) Low Power Electronics Program, the Mayo Foundation is exploring ways to reduce circuit power consumption, while maintaining or increasing functionality, for existing military systems. Applications presently being explored by Mayo include all-digital radar receivers, electronic warfare receivers, and other types of digital signal processors. One of the integrated circuit technologies currently under investigation by Mayo to support such military systems is the IBM Corporation silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process. In this paper, design methodology and test results from demonstration circuits developed for these applications and implemented in the IBM SiGe BiCMOS technology are presented.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; high-speed integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit technology; low-power electronics; military equipment; semiconductor materials; DARPA; IBM technology; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS process; analog circuits; circuit power consumption reduction; design methodology; digital circuits; digital signal processors; electronic warfare receiver; high-speed ICs; low-power ICs; military systems; radar receivers; Analog circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Circuit testing; Energy consumption; Germanium silicon alloys; Integrated circuit technology; Low power electronics; Radar applications; Radar signal processing; Silicon germanium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1999.803723

Filename

803723