Pdf low power combinational circuit based on pseudo nmos logic. Complementary mos cmos inverter reading assignment. But there are other forms of gates that people have invented to improve on some of the characteristics of logic gates. Pseudo nmos inverter part 1 electrical engineering ee. A pseudonmos logic gate having a 1 output has no static dc power dissipation. Pseudonmos inverter, nand and nor gates, assuming2. Andrew mason 2 nmos inverter with depletion load nmos nor gate nmos nand gate rds.
Pseudonmos generic pseudonmos logic gate pseudonmos inverter pseudonmos nand and nor. Nmos and cmos inverters 6 institute of microelectronic systems 1. Chapter 10 circuit families university of california. Mos circuit styles pseudo nmos and precharged logic overview. However, a pseudonmos gate having a 0 output has a static power dissipation the static power dissipation is equal. Pseudo nmos inverter objectives in this lecture you will learn the following introduction different configurations with nmos inverter. In fact, for any cmos logic design, the cmos inverter is the basic.
The pseudonmos logic can be used in special applications to perform special logic function. The pseudo nmos logic is based on designing pseudonmos inverter which functions as a digital switch. The circuit is used in a variety of cmos logic circuits. Pseudonmos inverternmos inverter vout v in dc current flows when the inverter is turned on unlikedc current flows when the inverter is turned on unlike cmos inverter cmos is great for low. Pdf role of the threshold voltage and transconductance. It is also possible to replace the load resistor with a pmos transistor with its source connected to. Pdf role of driver and load transistor mosfet parameters on. By adjusting the parameters values of nmos and pmos transistor its possible to design pseudonmos inverters and pseudonmos logic gate which will have acceptable performance depending on. Hi in the pseudo nmos inverter below i dont understand how qp acts as an active load, what i understand is that with this configuration qps vgs is 5v which means that this transistor. This roughly equivalent to use of a depletion load is nmos technology and is thus called pseudonmos.
Later the design flexibility and other advantages of the cmos were realized, cmos technology then replaced nmos at all level of integration. In nmos inverter with resistor pullup, there is a tradeoff between noise margin and speed tradeoff resolved using current source pullup. Role of driver and load transistor mosfet parameters on pseudo. Qn saturation qp triode qn triode qp saturation qn triode qp triode vo vt regions outline pseudo nmos design style. In the late 70s as the era of lsi and vlsi began, nmos became the fabrication technology of choice. The pmos is in linear reagion, no current, vds of the pmos is zero. Dc analysis analyze dc characteristics of cmos gates by studying an inverter dc analysis dc value of a signal in static conditions dc analysis of cmos inverter egat lo vtupn. Pseudonmos generic pseudonmos logic gate pseudonmos inverter pseudonmos nand and nor full nmos logic array replace pmos array with single pull up transistor ratioed logic requires.
V ol larger than 0 v static power dissipation when pdn is on advantages replace large pmos stacks with single device reduces overall gate size, input capacitance. Large signal variation prevents linearized modeling. Ratioed logic pseudo nmos ratioed logic is an attempt to reduce the number of transistors required to implement a logic function at the cost of reduced robustness and extra power dissipation. Pseudo nmos design style static characteristics noise margins dynamic characteristics pseudo nmos design flow pseudo nmos design style vdd out in gnd the cmos pull up network is replaced by. The completed pseudo nmos inverter design appears in fig. In integrated circuits, depletionload nmos is a form of digital logic family that uses only a single power supply voltage, unlike earlier nmos ntype metaloxide semiconductor logic families that needed. The pseudonmos logic is based on designing pseudonmos inverter which functions as a digital switch. Psuedo nmos analysis microelectronic circuit design by rc. Lynn fuller mos inverters page 18 rochester institute of technology microelectronic engineering vtc pmos inverter pmos enhancement load. Pseudonmos design pseudonmos gates will not operate correctly if v ol v il of the driven gate. Lecture 17 pseudo nmos inverter propagation delays in. Combinational logic gates in cmos purdue university. Nmos and cmos inverter 7 institute of microelectronic systems m t 1 v i v o v dd m 2 for the saturatedload nmos inverter presented in figure, calculate.
Pseudo nmos inverternmos inverter vout v in dc current flows when the inverter is turned on unlikedc current flows when the inverter is turned on unlike cmos inverter cmos is great for low power unlike this circuit e. Propagation delay of pseudonmos inverter use average current 8 2 2 2 1 2 2 dd dd tp p dd tp p av v v i l h v v v v 8 2 2 2 1 2 2 dd n p dd dd tn n dd tn p dd tn n av v v i. Finally, we can stop screwing around with the inverter and start fiddling with the three input pseudonmos nor. The completed transistor in the resistor load inverter in section 6. Logic design department of electrical engineering, iit bombay. V ol and v oh solution to find v oh, set v in to 0, because ol v is likely to be below t0 for the nmos. The generalized circuit structure of an nmos inverter is shown in the figure below. The pseudo nmos logic can be used in special applications to perform special logic function. May 21, 2020 pseudo nmos inverter part 1 electrical engineering ee notes edurev is made by best teachers of electrical engineering ee. The pseudo nmos logic is based on designing pseudo nmos inverter which functions as a digital switch. Nmos inverter this inverter is characterized by the following parameters. Pseudo nmos logic passtransistor logic inel 4207 spring 2011. The current of nmos transistor of unit cmos inverter is 2 1 2 1 thn dd ox n d v v c i therefore, 2 1 2 1 p n p n p n l w l w l w l w combining 1 and 2 results in.
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