This paper proposes a method for diagnosing logic design errors in gate-level combinational circuits, and discusses how to correct them. Some previously proposed design error models are explained at gate-level. This d...
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Tunneling phenomena can be used to realize devices with unique IT-V characteristics (negative differential resistance) which can be employed to design various types of digital circuits with a significantly lower numbe...
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Tunneling phenomena can be used to realize devices with unique IT-V characteristics (negative differential resistance) which can be employed to design various types of digital circuits with a significantly lower number of transistors, extremely fast switching speeds, very low power consumption and pipelining capability at the basic gate level (nanopipelining) which results in higher system throughput. In this article, we will present the basic properties of various types of devices which have been proposed for these applications including resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), Esaki tunnel diodes (ETDs), and various types of transistors including resonant hot electron transistors (RHETs) and tuaneling bipolar transistors (TBTs). We will also compare the anticipated performance of various types of logic gates and digital circuit implementations utilizing these devices with conventional CMOS circuits. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
The spectral response and impact ionization coefficient ratio of Si1-xGex have been determined. Measurements were made on p(+)-i-n(+) diodes grown by solid/gas source molecular beam epitaxy. The diodes are characteriz...
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The spectral response and impact ionization coefficient ratio of Si1-xGex have been determined. Measurements were made on p(+)-i-n(+) diodes grown by solid/gas source molecular beam epitaxy. The diodes are characterized by reverse breakdown voltages of 4-12 V and dark currents of 20-170 pA/mu m(2). The long wavelength cut-off of the diodes increases from 1.2 mu m to 1.6 mu m as x increases from 0.08 to 1.0 with a maximum responsivity of 0.5 A/W in all the diodes tested. The ratio alpha/beta varies from 3.3 to 0.3 in the same composition range, with alpha/beta = 1 at x congruent to 0.45. These results have important implications in the use of this material system in various photodetection applications.
We have implemented the Volterra-series method to analyze intermodulation (IM) distortion in FET resistive mixers. The nonlinearities of the channel conductance of a NE71000 MESFET and a NE32400 HFET were first charac...
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We have implemented the Volterra-series method to analyze intermodulation (IM) distortion in FET resistive mixers. The nonlinearities of the channel conductance of a NE71000 MESFET and a NE32400 HFET were first characterized using a low-frequency harmonic power measurement. The data was then used in a simulation program and results for two-tone IM distortion in X-band were compared with the measured data for both MESFET and HFET resistive mixer circuits. Very good agreement was achieved in each case. We have also shown by simulation that the two separate contributions to the third-order IM distortion from the mixing between the input signals themselves and the mixing between the input signals and the second-order mixing products have a very strong cancellation, which results in the low IM distortion in the FET resistive mixers observed in measurements.
The performance of a commercially viable SiGe-HBT technology is demonstrated in analog and digital communications applications. The measurements show that circuits fabricated in this technology are capable of fulfilli...
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The performance of a commercially viable SiGe-HBT technology is demonstrated in analog and digital communications applications. The measurements show that circuits fabricated in this technology are capable of fulfilling application requirements for RF analog in the 1-5 GHz range and for high-speed digital circuits at or above the 10 Gb/s range, with potentially lower power, lower cost and higher reliability compared to other high-speed/RF technology options.
We report on self-aligned gate p-type SiGe MODFETs which exhibit superior performance in comparison with p-type devices using other technologies. The MODFETs are fabricated using a new process that benefits from a sha...
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We report on self-aligned gate p-type SiGe MODFETs which exhibit superior performance in comparison with p-type devices using other technologies. The MODFETs are fabricated using a new process that benefits from a shallow, low thermal-budget ohmic contact and T-shaped gates.
An accurate, detailed analysis program has been developed for intermodulation distortion (IMD) simulation of FET mixers, This program is very efficient at calculating the IMD from multiple RF inputs. We have proposed ...
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An accurate, detailed analysis program has been developed for intermodulation distortion (IMD) simulation of FET mixers, This program is very efficient at calculating the IMD from multiple RF inputs. We have proposed a simplified nonlinear model for IMD analysis of FET gate mixers. The accuracy of the simplified model has been verified experimentally using two different MESFET mixers and one HEMT mixer at X band, All the tests show good agreement between measured results and the calculated results for second- and third-order IMD, The simplified model is based on modeling the derivative of the device transconductance by a sum of a Gaussian function and a linear function of the gate voltage, Drain bias dependence is ignored. The advantage of this model is that it can be used for both MESFET and HEMT mixers, and its fitting parameters can be easily determined from a nonlinear characterization of the devices at low frequencies.
We propose a mixed priority queueing (MPQ) model to improve the quality of service (QOS) for 3 different classes of traffic in an ATM switch. A single stage input and output buffered nonblocking ATM switch is consider...
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We propose a mixed priority queueing (MPQ) model to improve the quality of service (QOS) for 3 different classes of traffic in an ATM switch. A single stage input and output buffered nonblocking ATM switch is considered. In order to resolve a certain degree of external conflicts at the output ports, the switching fabric allows limited queueing at the output ports incorporating output buffers of a suitable size. The problem of overflow at the output buffers is solved by placing rejected cells in the input port buffers. The MPQ scheme is implemented as a buffer management scheme on the input and output port buffers of the switch. Using computer simulation under both uniform and bursty traffic, the paper analyzes the throughput, delay and cell loss probability (CLP) for the each class of traffic with a variety of traffic loads and switch sizes. It is shown that the performance of the ATM switch increases in terms of throughput, delay and cell loss probability (CLP).
High transconductance p-type field-effect transistors (FETs) are essential for the fabrication of high speed complementary circuits. Unfortunately, the much lower mobility of holes in comparison to electrons in Si has...
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High transconductance p-type field-effect transistors (FETs) are essential for the fabrication of high speed complementary circuits. Unfortunately, the much lower mobility of holes in comparison to electrons in Si has been responsible for the large gap between the performance of n-type and p-type devices. Recent advances in the growth of high quality SiGe has lead to structures with higher hole mobilities. This has been attributed to the light hole-heavy hole band splitting which results in less band mixing and a smaller in-plane effective mass. In this work, we report our work on the fabrication and characterization of p-type modulation-doped field effect transistors (MODFETs) in high mobility SiGe heterostructures. High transconductance and unity current-gain cut-off frequency are demonstrated for submicron-gate MODFETs.
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