3.3-V 21-Gb/s PRBS generator in AlGaAs/GaAs HBT technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1266-1270

  Chen, Michael G ^a,b   Notthoff, Johannes K ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Primarion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

COMPLEX HIGH-SPEED CIRCUITS; PSEUDORANDOM BIT SEQUENCE (PRBS) GENERATORS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0034270358     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.868034     Document Type: Article

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