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High speed logic circuit having feedback to prevent current in the output stage

TLDR
In this paper, an improved FET capacitance driver logic circuit has been proposed to allow the output FET to have a large capacitance charging current surge followed by a reduced conduction thereafter.
Abstract
An improved FET capacitance driver logic circuit having an inverter feedback stage 22 connected from output to input of output FET 23 to allow the output FET to have a large capacitance charging current surge followed by a reduced conduction thereafter.

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Analysis of GaAs FET's for integrated logic

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of the speed and power dissipation of various GaAs FET inverter circuits as prototypes of integrated logic circuit design, providing analytical expressions to assess the switching performance of enhancement-mode and depletion-mode MESFET's and JFETs with respect to switching-speed and power-dissipation capabilities in optimized configurations.
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