Title :
Capacitor-free level-sensitive active pull-down ECL circuit with self-adjusting driving capability
Author :
Kuroda, T. ; Fujita, T. ; Noda, M. ; Thai, P. ; Yang, L. ; Gray, D.
Author_Institution :
Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
This paper introduces a new, self-adjusting active pull-down circuit for ECL that uses voltage regulation rather than traditional load-dependent capacitive coupling. Depending on the application, a 3.5X speed improvement over traditional ECL at comparable power, or a 7.1X power reduction at comparable performance can be obtained. A voltage regulation and distribution circuit for the required V/sub REG/ reference voltage is also presented.
Keywords :
VLSI; bipolar integrated circuits; emitter-coupled logic; integrated logic circuits; voltage control; voltage regulators; active pull-down ECL circuit; capacitor-free level-sensitive circuit; self-adjusting driving capability; voltage distribution circuit; voltage regulation; Bipolar transistor logic devices; Emitter-coupled logic; Very-large-scale integration; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 1993. Digest of Technical Papers. 1993 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto, Japan
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.1993.920524
