First let’s look at the use of CMOS gates as memory devices. Figure 1 shows a one-bit transparent latch. A single CD4069 hex inverter can make a 3-bit latch, or if one uses a CD4050 hex buffer one can ...

can actually be disastrous for an unprotected CMOS circuit. A simple spark or otherwise invisible charge can ruin a MOS based device by punching holes in the gate insulation. Another problem ...

For example, only two transistors are needed for both the OR and AND gates, whereas a total of six transistors are needed in the corresponding conventional CMOS circuit 27,28. This savings in the ...

3. Fairchild’s proposed NOR logic circuit is upside down but identical to textbook NOR gates in CMOS. Operation is simple: The output Y can only be pulled low by the N devices if they’re all ...

while pMOS transistors conduct current when the gate voltage is low. This complementary behavior is exploited in CMOS circuit design to create a system where only one type of transistor is on and ...

from the study of the broader field of spintronics it has been known already that circuits built using majority gates could be much smaller (require much less transistors) than conventional CMOS ...

In CMOS circuits, power dissipation occurs whenever there is a path for current flow formed between the supply and ground rails. Fig. 1 Static and Dynamic power dissipation paths. These paths are ...

Downscaling and gate stack engineering of p-FETs are expected to further improve the performance and accelerate the commercialisation pace of GaN CMOS logic circuit technology.” The authors ...