Fully ECL-compatible GaAs standard-cell library

A standard cell library for MSI circuits is described. It is based on buffered FET logic (BFL) with 1- mu m gate-length MESFET transistors. It contains gates, buffers, master-slave flip-flops, and ECL interfaces and it has been optimized to operate over the military temperature range. It is fully compatible with ECL circuits (signal level and power supply). Typical propagation delay is 80 ps for an inverter (FI=FO=1) and power dissipation is 5 mW per BFL cell. A realistic printed circuit board for test and demonstration is proposed.<
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