• DocumentCode
    885905
  • Title

    Dynamic depletion mode: an E/D MOSFET circuit method for improved performance

  • Author

    Knepper, Ronald W.

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    10/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    542
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    A new method of designing enhancement/depletion (E/D) MOSFET circuits, involving the dynamic or pulsed use of depletion-mode devices, is described. The method can result in improvements in performance and/or power in the design of memory, logic, and driver circuits. The method is compared with the standard approach to the design of E/D circuits. Several circuits designed by the method have been simulated by use of a numerical circuit analysis program and have been placed on an experimental test chip. Theoretical and experimental results are presented.
  • Keywords
    Digital integrated circuits; Field effect integrated circuits; Integrated circuit technology; digital integrated circuits; field effect integrated circuits; integrated circuit technology; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Design methodology; Driver circuits; Logic circuits; Logic design; Logic devices; MOSFET circuits; Pulse circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1978.1051097
  • Filename
    1051097