Title :
NCMOS: a high performance CMOS logic
Author_Institution :
Comput. Syst. Lab., Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
CMOS has been the mainstay technology for VLSI design for the last several years. However, recently, BiCMOS technology has been proposed for speed critical applications. In this paper we propose a new circuit structure called NCMOS, which employs a low Vt NMOS transistor in place of the bipolar transistor, and provides significantly higher speed than a conventional CMOS design. This is realized at the cost of only one extra masking step, compared to 4-5 extra masks for a full BiCMOS process
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated logic circuits; NCMOS; NMOS transistor; VLSI design; high performance CMOS logic; low threshold voltage; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bipolar transistors; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Costs; Inverters; MOS devices; MOSFETs; Power dissipation; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
