Diode-biased AC-coupled ECL-to-CMOS interface circuit

Author

Mansoorian, Barmak ; Ozguz, Volkan ; Esener, Sadik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

399

Abstract

A full CMOS emitter-coupled logic (ECL)-to-CMOS voltage level converter has been developed. A diode-biased AC-coupled circuit is used to convert digital signals from ECL to CMOS voltage levels for use in digital data transmission. This technique makes the receiver insensitive to variations in input signal noise and offset voltage with no substantial penalties in conversion delay. The circuit can be used to retrofit all-CMOS systems to a bipolar ECL environment and to benefit from the reduction of chip-to-chip delays using small-signal transmission-line networks

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; bipolar integrated circuits; convertors; delays; emitter-coupled logic; integrated logic circuits; AC-coupled circuit; CMOS voltage levels; ECL-to-CMOS interface circuit; bipolar ECL environment; chip-to-chip delays; delay-reduction; digital data transmission; digital signals; diode-biased; emitter-coupled logic; small-signal transmission-line networks; voltage level converter; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Capacitance; Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Differential amplifiers; Diodes; Inverters; Signal design; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.210011

Filename

210011