An Ultralow-Power-Consumption, High-Speed, GaAs 256/258 Dual-Modulus Prescaler IC

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-217

  Maeda, Tadashi ^a   Wada, Shigeki ^a   Tokushima, Masatoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Masaoki ^a   Yamazaki, Jin ^a   Fujii, Masahiro ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupled field; Direct; Dual modulus prescaler; Effect; Flip flop; GaAs; Heterojunction field effect transistor (HJFET); Low power consumption; Low supply voltage; Transistor logic (DCFL)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DUAL MODULUS PRESCALERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033078198     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.743778     Document Type: Article

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