ECE-E434

Digital Electronics

Lecture #4: CMOS Inverters

Instructor: Pouya Dianat
Oct 5 2017
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CMOS Logic Circuits – Ch. 14

The CMOS Inverter

Figure 14.22 The CMOS inverter.

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Announcement
•  Self-study Example 14.4.
•  There will be a quiz (not today) on the exact
same problem.
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The CMOS Inverter

rDSN discharges load capacitance, and pulls the output voltage down.

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The CMOS Inverter

rDSP charges the load capacitance, and pulls the output voltage up.

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The Voltage-Transfer CharacterisVcs

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The Voltage-Transfer CharacterisVcs

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The Voltage-Transfer CharacterisVcs

TO KEEP THE INVERTER SYMMETRIC:
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The Voltage-Transfer CharacterisVcs

10/5/17 Figure 14.25 The voltage-transfer characteristic of the CMOS inverter when QN and QP are matched. 9
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When transistors are unmatched

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