Abstract

We have established an enhancement/depletion (E/D) InP high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) process. The fabrication and characterization of circuits employing a direct-coupled FET logic (DCFL) technology are demonstrated using this process. A 23-stage ring oscillator was fabricated and tested. A room temperature propagation delay time (/spl tau//sub pd/) of 16.72 ps/stage as well as a subfemtojoule power-delay product (PDP) of only 0.322 fJ/stage were obtained for the oscillator which, to the best of the authors' knowledge, is the lowest reported PDP in the InP material system. Also a divide-by-four prescaler was also fabricated and characterized; this demonstrated functionality up to 6 GHz, with a power dissipation of only 5.37 mW/stage. This marks the first time that a prescaler has been fabricated in the InP material system using DCFL technology.

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