DocumentCode
1444949
Title
BiCMOS logic circuit for single-battery operation
Author
Chong-Fatt, Law ; Kiat-Seng, Yeo ; Rofail, S.S.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Volume
34
Issue
21
fYear
1998
fDate
10/15/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2013
Lastpage
2015
Abstract
A novel BiCMOS logic circuit is described that provides highspeed rail-to-rail operation with only one battery cell (1-1.5 V). The proposed circuit utilises a novel pull-down scheme that involves bootstrapping the base of the pull-down p-n-p bipolar junction transistor to a negative potential during the pull-down transient period. Circuit simulations have shown that the proposed circuit outperforms the transient-saturation full-swing BiCMOS and the bootstrapped bipolar circuits in terms of delay, power and cross-over capacitance for all simulated supply voltages
Keywords
BiCMOS logic circuits; delays; integrated circuit design; logic design; 1 to 1.5 V; BiCMOS logic circuit; bipolar junction transistor base; bootstrapping; cross-over capacitance; delay; highspeed rail-to-rail operation; pull-down p-n-p BJT base; pull-down scheme; pull-down transient period; single-battery operation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19981439
Filename
729870
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