Integrated bipolar master/slave D-flip-flop with multiplexing capability for Gbit/s operation

Abstract

A versatile integrated bipolar circuit developed for a broadband communication system is described. It consists of a master/slave D-flip-flop with a 2:1 time-division multiplexer at the input and a powerful buffer stage at the output. Despite realisation in a relatively simple bipolar technology, bit rates up to 1.5 Gbit/s (NRZ) were measured.