A GAAS HBT 16X16 10-GB S/CHANNEL CROSSPOINT SWITCH/

Authors
LOWE KS
Citation
Ks. Lowe, A GAAS HBT 16X16 10-GB S/CHANNEL CROSSPOINT SWITCH/, IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 32(8), 1997, pp. 1263-1268
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE journal of solid-state circuits → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189200
Volume
32
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1263 - 1268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9200(1997)32:8<1263:AGH11S>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A 16 x 16 crosspoint switch IC has been designed and implemented in a 2-mu m GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology. The IC is a strictly nonblocking switch with broadcast capability and asynch ronous data paths. The IC has fully differential internal circuitry an d is packaged in a custom high-speed assembly. Test results confirmed that the IC achieves a 10-Gb/s/channel (or 160-Gb/s aggregate) capacit y, the highest reported to date for a 16 x 16 crosspoint switch IC.