Gigahertz SiGe BiCMOS FPGAs with new architecture and novel power management techniques
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Typical Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are generally used in signal processing, image processing and rapid prototyping applications. The integration of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) devices with CMOS allows a new family of FPGAs to be created. This paper elaborates new ideas in designing high-speed SiGe BiCMOS FPGAs based on the Xilinx 6200. The paper explains new methods to reduce circuitry and utilize a novel power management scheme to reduce power consumption. In addition, new decoding logic has been developed where the address and data lines are shared. These ideas have improved the performance of a SiGe FPGA to run in the 5∼6 GHz range.
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