FAST LOGIC OPERATOR WITH HIGH FAN-IN AND COMPLEX LOGIC FUNCTION, USING AT LEAST TWO LOW-THRESHOLD FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS

摘要

In the field of large-scale-integrated digital GaAs circuits, a high-entrance high-speed logical operator utilizing so-called "quasi-normally-off" Schottky-gate field-effect transistors (MESFETS) having a low threshold voltage. By means of a single very-high-speed logic gate, the operator thus performs AND - NAND - OR functions by utilizing in an input branch a saturable resistive load in series with a pair of quasi-normally-off MESFET's each having a maximum of two Schottky gates, the drains of the transistors being connected to an output transistor of the same type. Two identical portions of circuit are mounted in parallel with an output half-branch comprising a diode in series with another saturable resistive load.