The translinear principle, which is useful in the design of analog integrated circuits, can also be applied to the design of digital integrated circuits. As an example of this technique, a new nonsaturating bistable element is described, which operates according to the translinear principle and which is realizable with standard bipolar integrated circuit processes. The circuit can operate over a wide range of supply current from some milliamperes down to below 1 nA.
Published in:
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
(Volume:13
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: Aug. 1978