A GaAs Based Digital Serial Communications System.

Abstract

This thesis concerns the design and simulation of a one gigabit per second synchronous transmitter and receiver system. The circuitry is to be integrated on a 32-pin gallium arsenide semicustom digital gate array. Digital logic components are built using enhancement and depletion mode n-channel metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors. The computer simulations indicate that, under a one micron gate process technology and using a 2V voltage supply, inverter propagation delays as small as 60 picoseconds can be achieved. Designs for both the transmitter and the receiver have been successfully simulated at the one gigahertz clock rate. Keywords include: GaAs integrated circuits; GaAs MESFET computer model; Semi-custom gate array; High-speed digital communications; and Fiber optic transmission system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1986
Accession Number
ADA166060

Entities

People

  • Ramon Zulaybar Del Rosario

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clocks
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Digital Circuits
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Gallium
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Logic Gates
  • Metals
  • Simulations
  • Transistors
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics