cmos inverter cadence
DESCRIPTION
Cadence schematic and layout of a CMOS inverterTRANSCRIPT
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ENEE 640 | Spring 2015 Homework 1
Ariyan M Kabir
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CMOS Inverter Vout (red) & Vin (yellow) for m=1
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CMOS Inverter Vout (red) & Vin (yellow) for m=2
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CMOS Inverter Vout (red) & Vin (yellow) for m=3
m Rise Time Fall Time
1 13.53 E-10 4.713 E-10
2 6.875 E-10 4.724 E-10
3 4.60 E-10 4.737 E-10
Observation
The rise time decreases as 'm' increases.
Explanation
The factor 'm' is the multiplication factor for the width of PMOS. Increase in 'm' is increase in the width of
PMOS. Which reduces the resistance of the device. Resistance is inversely proportional to the width of the
transistor. As the mobility of PMOS is almost half the mobility of NMOS, therefore resistance drops
significantly for PMOS than NMOS.
As the resistance drops, higher current flows which charges the capacitances much faster. Therefore the rise
time of the inverter decreases as 'm' increases.