A GaAs HBT 16 × 16 10-Gb/s/channel crosspoint switch

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1263-1268

  Lowe, Kerry S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Adv Technol Lab Bell N Res Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar digital integrated circuits; Communication switching; Current mode logic; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; High speed integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SWITCHING;

CHANNEL CROSSPOINT SWITCH;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0031210831     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.604084     Document Type: Article

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