• DocumentCode
    887830
  • Title

    The effect of downward gain on the maximum toggle frequency of I/sup 2/L, linear compatible flip-flops

  • Author

    Vincent, Wesley A. ; DeMassa, Thomas A.

  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    896
  • Lastpage
    898
  • Abstract
    Data are presented that show toggle rate versus minimum gate current for an I/SUP 2/L, linear compatible bipolar integrated circuit. The maximum toggle rate for a given gate current is dependent upon h/SUB FE/, verifying previous results using inverter chains. At relatively high gate currents, this dependency is seen to vary as approximately (h/SUB FE/)/SUP 1/2/. Deep emitter (super-gain) processing techniques were used to obtain toggle rates up to 12 MHz for conservative gate designs.
  • Keywords
    Bipolar integrated circuits; Flip-flops; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated logic circuits; bipolar integrated circuits; flip-flops; integrated circuit technology; integrated logic circuits; Bipolar integrated circuits; Breakdown voltage; Electric breakdown; Flip-flops; Frequency; Inverters; Linear circuits; Logic design; Performance gain; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1979.1051291
  • Filename
    1051291