Patents Assigned to Gigabit Logic
  • Patent number: 4970413
    Abstract: A V.sub.BB input threshold potential with feedback circuitry is used to stabilize all of the logic inputs on an GaAs IC to ECL compatible levels over a normal temperature range and normal power supply variations. The system called "V.sub.BB -Feedback" uses "zero translation delay" direct Capacitor Diode Fet Logic (CDFL) inputs. This is an extension of the CDFL circuit approach in which the voltage across the input level shift circuitry on all inputs is adjusted to maintain a threshold voltage equal to the dc potential on an "extra" V.sub.BB input in spite of variations of temperature, power supply voltages or processing parameters such as MESFET pinchoff voltage. A dc potential (V.sub.BB) is applied to the "extra" V.sub.BB input, which is an additional input that is essentially identical to the actual logic inputs. All of the logic input threshold voltages are then slaved to the V.sub.BB dc potential applied to the "extra" V.sub.BB input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Gigabit Logic
    Inventors: Richard C. Eden, John E. Clark, Alan S. Fiedler, Frank S. Lee, Robert Miller