Title :
Differential ECL/CML Synthesis for SiGe BiCMOS
Author :
Gustat, Hans ; Jagdhold, Ulrich ; Winkler, Frank ; Appel, Markus ; Kell, Gerald
Author_Institution :
Dept of Circuit Design, IHP Microelectron. Frankfurt (Oder), Frankfurt (Oder)
Abstract :
A novel SiGe ECL/CML design flow is presented for the first time. It provides CMOS-style synthesis with differential SiGe BiCMOS ECL standard cells. A first version works in a 95 GHz one-mask HBT technology up to about 10 GHz clock rate. A synthesized CML/ECL FIFO buffer example with 497 ECL gates works up to 3 GHz data rate.
Keywords :
BiCMOS logic circuits; Ge-Si alloys; current-mode logic; emitter-coupled logic; heterojunction bipolar transistors; BiCMOS; FIFO buffer; SiGe; differential ECL/CML synthesis; one mask HBT technology; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Libraries; Logic design; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2008. CSIC '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1939-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-8781
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2008.55
