Title :
AC-coupled complementary push-pull ECL circuit with 34 fJ power-delay product
Author :
Chuang, C.T. ; Cressler, John D. ; Warnock, J.D.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe the first experimental result of a high-speed low-power ECL-based AC-coupled complementary push-pull circuit. Implemented in a 0.8 mu m high-performance fully complementary bipolar technology with 50 GHz n-p-n transistors and 13 GHz p-n-p transistors, a power-delay product of 34 fJ (23.2 ps at 1.48 mW) has been achieved compared with 67 fJ (45 ps at 1.48 mW) for the n-p-n only ECL circuit.
Keywords :
bipolar integrated circuits; emitter-coupled logic; integrated logic circuits; 0.8 micron; 1.48 mW; 13 GHz; 23.2 ps; 34 fJ; 50 GHz; AC-coupled; complementary push-pull ECL circuit; fJ power-delay product; fully complementary bipolar technology; high-speed; low-power; n-p-n transistors; p-n-p transistors;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931290
