Title :
Efficient design of gallium arsenide Muller-C element
Author :
Eshraghian, K. ; Lachowicz, Stefan W. ; Lopez, J.F. ; Sarmiento, R.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Very High Speed Microelectron. Syst., Edith Cowan Univ., Perth, WA
fDate :
4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A Muller-C element is a fundamental building block of a handshake path in self-timed digital circuits. It is a basic event driven logic (EDL) gate, implementing the AND function for events. The authors present a new, improved design of the Muller-C element using GaAs MESFET technology. A static Muller-C gate is implemented that incorporates modifications of newly introduced, GaAs pseudodynamic latched logic family (PDLL) primitives. The circuit is characterised by very high speed and low power dissipation
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MESFET integrated circuits; field effect logic circuits; gallium arsenide; logic design; logic gates; AND function; GaAs; GaAs MESFET technology; Muller-C element; building block; event driven logic gate; handshake path; low power dissipation; pseudodynamic latched logic family primitives; self-timed digital circuits; static Muller-C gate; very high speed operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970503
