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Chapter 6
Digital IC Design
p Combinational Logic Contin ed Continued
Static CMOS
VDD
l ll NMOS Only PUN
GND
PDN PMOS Only Pull-Up Net Pull-Down Net
PUN and PDN are Dual Networks
Example, Euler paths
AB CD +
VDD VDD
One strip for each path
VDD
D B A C
DD
B B C D C A
ABCD
f
+ ABCD
f
+
Arrow end Arrow start
GND
A D
Propagation delay analysis
The switch model is attractive for manual calculations on complex gates Fix value on Req is a reasonable approximation. Which value? An average value over different regions:
( ) ( / 2)
- 2
OUT DD OUT DD
n V V n V V eq n
R R R
= =
+ = =
( ) ( /2)
- 2
2
OUT DD OUT DD
q DS DS D D V V V V eq n
V V I I R
= =