To CMOS or Not

Bipolar: Low noise amplification, high bandwidth, low offsets, precision...

But the best of both worlds is BiCMOS.

...Jim Thompson

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Bipolar ECL, or better yet SiGe, when you want to go faster. See the OnSemi Eclips Lite and GigaComm parts, or the Analog Devices comparators. 40 ps edges! TI has a 5 GHz opamp, maybe SiGe.

InGaAs when you want to go really fast. Hittite and W-J and such.

Bipolar for high voltage swings, too, like voltage regulators.

John

Er, second breakdown? MOSFETs..!?

Tim

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There aren't a lot of high-voltage cmos processes. Supertex has some display drivers. AT&T used to have a 350 volt linear cmos process (Apex used it) but I think it's gone.

There are those IR high-side mosfet drivers; I'm not sure how they work inside.

John

John Larkin snipped-for-privacy@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com posted to sci.electronics.design:

There are also some special functions like log amps, and multipliers that may not have a reasonable CMOS substitute.