CMOS INVERTER MAXIMUM FREQUENCY OF OPERATION DUE TO DIGITAL SIGNAL DEGRADATION

Authors
JUANCHICO J BELLIDO MJ ACOSTA A BARRIGA A VALENCIA M
Citation
J. Juanchico et al., CMOS INVERTER MAXIMUM FREQUENCY OF OPERATION DUE TO DIGITAL SIGNAL DEGRADATION, Electronics Letters, 33(19), 1997, pp. 1619-1621
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
19
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1619 - 1621
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:19<1619:CIMFOO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An operation frequency limit for the CMOS inverter is presented, based on delay degradation. This allows treatment of the problem from a pur ely logical viewpoint. Classical calculations are shown to lead to lar ge over-estimations.