Stick Diagram
Stick Diagram
Signal Strength
• Strength of signal
– How close it approximates ideal voltage source
• VDD and GND rails are strongest 1 and 0
• nMOS pass strong 0
– But degraded or weak 1
• pMOS pass strong 1
– But degraded or weak 0
• Thus nMOS are best for pull-down network
CMOS INVERTER
F = (A)’
LOGIC GATES
Power
A Out
Ground
nMOS Inverter (Depletion mode )
5V 5v
Dep
Vout
Vin
Enh in
0V
0V
Points to Ponder
• be creative with layouts