Title :
A 600 MHz Si bipolar pin electronics IC with timing error less than 25 ps
Author :
Nomura, Tadahiro ; Wakimoto, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Schlumberger Technol., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
Demands are increasing for accurate timing, high pin count, low cost, and high speed in the automatic test equipment (ATE) market. To meet these demands, a pin electronics IC (PEIC) integrates major pin electronics (PE) components: driver with termination function; window comparator; programmable load; and hard clamps. For timing accuracy, a high-speed complementary Si bipolar process with the npn/pnp f/sub T/ of 9 GHz/5 GHz is used. GaAs MESFET is not chosen since it has a timing error problem known as slow-tails.
Keywords :
silicon; 25 ps; 600 MHz; Si; automatic test equipment; high-speed complementary Si bipolar process; pin electronics IC; timing error; Accuracy; Automatic test equipment; Bipolar integrated circuits; Clamps; Consumer electronics; Costs; Driver circuits; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 43rd ISSCC., 1997 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3721-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1997.585449
