Title : 
2.5 GHz pin electronics SiGe driver for IC test equipment
         
        
            Author : 
Goren, David ; Zelikson, Michael ; Leibowitz, Moshe ; Szenher, Frank
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Res. Lab., IBM Corp., Haifa, Israel
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The design and characterization of a 2.5 GHz pin electronic SiGe driver is reported. Measured performance includes: programmable output swing from 100 mV to 1.7 V into 25 Ω trise/tfall  of 60 ps at full swing, propagation delay dispersion of 20 ps
         
        
            Keywords : 
Ge-Si alloys; UHF integrated circuits; UHF measurement; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; driver circuits; high-speed integrated circuits; integrated circuit testing; semiconductor materials; test equipment; 100 mV to 1.7 V; 2.5 GHz; IC test equipment; SiGe; SiGe driver; adaptive overshoot control; characterization; pin electronics driver; programmable output swing; Adaptive control; Current control; Driver circuits; Electronic equipment testing; Germanium silicon alloys; Programmable control; Propagation delay; Silicon germanium; Test equipment; Timing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Minneapolis, MN
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5712-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/BIPOL.1999.803519