Title :
Low-voltage full-swing noncomplementary BiCMOS buffers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., United Arab Emirates Univ., Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
A modified full-swing noncomplementary BiCMOS (MFS-BiCMOS) buffer is described and its performance characteristics are investigated using SPICE simulations. The results obtained are compared with those of the conventional FS-BiCMOS and CMOS buffers. It is shown that among the three configurations investigated the proposed MFS-BiCMOS buffer is the most advantageous for low supply voltage applications and it guarantees speed advantage over FS-BiCMOS and CMOS buffers even with a 1.5 V supply
Keywords :
BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; BiCMOS logic circuits; SPICE; buffer circuits; circuit analysis computing; delays; 1.5 V; FS-BiCMOS; LV BiCMOS buffers; MFS-BiCMOS; SPICE simulations; full-swing noncomplementary BiCMOS; low supply voltage applications; performance characteristics; propagation delay; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Degradation; Delay effects; Logic circuits; Low voltage; MOSFETs; Power dissipation; Propagation delay; SPICE; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1772-6
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1994.381036
