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The authors present a fast single-ended BiCMOS sense circuit with CMOS output levels which is noise-insensitive enough to be used in a CMOS environment. A bipolar transistor is used in common-emitter configuration. Assuming that the bipolar transistor is conducting current, yet not saturated, a small voltage swing at the base is enough to turn the transistor off, and the collector voltage rises rapidly...