Title :
Low-power BiCMOS circuits for high-speed interchip communication
Author :
Elrabaa, M.S. ; Elmasry, M.I. ; Malhi, D.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A universal BiCMOS low-voltage-swing transceiver (driver/receiver) with low on-chip power consumption is reported. Using a 3.3 V supply, the novel transceiver can drive/receive signals from several low-voltage-swing transceivers with termination voltages ranging from 5 V down to 2 V and frequencies well above 1 GHz. Measured results of test circuits fabricated in 0.8-μm BiCMOS technology are also presented
Keywords :
BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; buffer circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit feedback; current-mode logic; 0.8 micron; 2 to 5 V; 3.3 V; high-speed interchip communication; low-power BiCMOS circuits; low-voltage-swing transceiver; on-chip power consumption; termination voltages; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Driver circuits; Energy consumption; Logic circuits; Transceivers; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
