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1、Please illustrate the meaning of its voltage transfer characteristic to a logic gate, and describe the static behaviors showed in the voltage transfer characteristic curves.
The electrical function of a gate is best expressed by its voltage transfer characteristic (VTC),which plots the output voltage as a function of the input voltage Vout=f(Vin).
The high and low nominal voltage Voh and Vol;The gate or switching threshold voltage Vm,that is define as Vm=f(Vm)(The gate threshold voltage presents the midpoint of the switching characteristics,which is obtained when the output of a gate is short circuited to the input);The high and low input voltage Vih and Vil are defined by the point where the gain (=dVout/dVin)of the VTC equals -1
2、Please draw the voltage transfer characteristic curve of the inverter and label the static operation points in the VTC.
3、Please describe the definition of noise margin and its physical significance(物理意义), then draw the figure of definition of noise margins.
The noise margins represent the levels of noise that can be sustained(所允许的) when gates are cascaded. A measure of the sensitivity of a gate to noise is given by the noise margins NML(noise margin low) and NMH(noise margin high), which quantize the size of the legal “0” and “1”, respectively, and set a fixed maximum threshold on the noise value
4、Please describe the meaning of the regenerative property and the conditions of a gate with regenerative property.
A gate with regenerative property ensures that a disturbed signal converges back to a nominal voltage level after passing through a number of logical stages. The VTC should have a transient region (or undefined region) with a gain greater than 1 in absolute value, bordered by the two legal zones, where the gain should be less than 1 in absolute value
5、What are the definitions of the fan-out and fan-in properties?
The number that can be driven is termed the fan-out of circuit, that denotes the number of load gates N that are connected to the output of the driving gate. The fan-in of a gate is defined as the number of independent input nodes to the gate.
6、How to describe the performance of a digital IC? Please illustrate the parameters used to characterize the transient performance of a logic family, and draw the associated figure of the definition of these par
P ropagation delay time and rise/fall time can be used to characterize the transient performance of a logic family .Propagation delay time of a gate expresses the delay experienced by a signal when passing through a gate,which represent how quickly the gate responds to the changes at its inputs.Rise/fall time express how fast a signal transits between the different levels. Propagation delay time is defined as the period between the 50%transition points of the input and output signals.Rise/fall time is defined as the period between the 10% and 90% points of the total voltage transition at the output waveforms.
1、Illustrate the basic structure and simple operation principle of MOS transistor.
Four terminals:source, drain, gate, body; Vertical Structure: gate electrode, insulator, semiconductor substrate; Horizontal Structure: source region, channel region, drain region
2、Illustrate the basic function of each terminal of MOS device, and describe the general terminal connections of NMOS and PMOS transistor, respectively.
The source and the drain are the electrodes conducting the current. The gate electrode is the
controlling terminal. The function of the body is secondary
In NMOS devices, the source is defined as the n+ region which has a lower potential(电势) than the other n+ region, the drain. The source is the terminal with the higher potential in PMOS devices, The body is generally connected to a DC supply that is identical for all devices of the same type (GND for NMOS, VDD for PMOS).
3、What does the transition (or input) characteristic of MOS transistor mean? And what conclusions we can find from the characteristic curve?
It describes the relationship between the gate-source voltage and the drain-source current with the certain drain-source voltage .When the gate-source voltage is less than the threshold voltage, the conducting current is zero, that is, the NMOS transistor is in cutoff operation. When is larger than, the NMOS transistor is on.
4、What does the current-voltage (or output) characteristic of MOS transistor mean? And what conclusions we can find from the I-V characteristic curve?.
It describes the relationship between the drain-source voltage and the drain-source current with a certain gate-source voltage
Vgs > Vt , 0<VDS <VGS -VT : Linear mode
The inversion layer forms a continuous current path between the source and the drain.A drain current proportional to Vds will flow from the drain to the source through the conducting channel. The channel region acts as a voltage-controlled linear resister.
5、Describe the operation modes of NMOS and PMOS transistors respectively, and define the corresponding ideal current equations.
1、Explain the channel-length modulation, sub-threshold conduction, short-channel effect and narrow-channel effect. And illustrate their corresponding chief impacts on the device.
This simple current equation prescribes a linear drain-bias dependence for the current in MOS transistors, determined by the empirical model parameter λ, called the channel-length modulation coefficient
One typical condition, which is due to the two-dimensional nature of channel current flow, is the sub-threshold conduction in small-geometry MOS transistors.
As a working definition, a MOS transistor is called a short-channel device if its channel length is on the same order of magnitude as the depletion region thicknesses of the source and drain junctions.The short-channel effects that arise in this case are attributed to two physical phenomena: the limitations imposed on electron drift characteristics in the channel; the modification of the threshold voltage due to the shortening channel length
MOS transistor that have channel widths on the same order of magnitude as the maxium depletion region thickness are defined as narrow channel devices.For MOSFET with small channel widths,the actual threshold voltage increases as a result of this extra depletion charge of the fringe depletion region.This fact is called narrow channel effect.
2、Describe the three main components of the load capacitanceCL, when a logic gate is driving other fan-out gates. And sketch the capacitance model of NMOS transistor.
Gate capacitances (of other inputs connected to out)
Diffusion(or junction) capacitances (of drain/source regions)
Routing capacitances (output to other inputs)
1,Describe the basic structure and operation of a static CMOS inverter. Then draw the
associated transistor schematic
This structure consists of an enhancement-type NMOS transistor and an enhancement-type PMOS transistor, operating in complementary mode. So this configuration is called Complementary MOS (CMOS). The gate terminals of the PMOS and NMOS transistors are connected to form the inverter input. The drain terminals of the PMOS and NMOS transistors are connected to form the inverter output. The source and the substrate of the NMOS transistor are connected to the ground, while the source and body of PMOS transistor are connected to VDD The circuit topology is complementary push-pull in the sense that: For high input the NMOS transistor drives (pulls down) the output node while the PMOS transistor acts as the load, and for low input the PMOS transistor drives (pulls up) the output node while the NMOS transistor acts as the load.
When the input is at VDD: The NMOS is on (conducting) while the PMOS is off (cut-off). A direct path exists between Vout and the ground node, resulting in a steady-state value of 0V at the output. When the input is at ground:The NMOS is off while the PMOS is on. A direct path exists between VDD and Vout, yielding a high output voltage (equal to VDD).
Static CMOS logic:structure:The static CMOS style is really an extension of the static CMOS inverter to multiple inputs. A logic function in static CMOS must be implemented in both NMOS and PMOS transistors. It is the combination of the pull-up network(PUN) and the pull-down network(PDN). Each input always connects to PUN and PDN simultaneously. The function of the PUN is to provide a connection between the output and VDD anytime the output of the logic gate is meant to be 1 (based on the inputs). The function of the PDN is to connect the output to VSS when the output of the logic gate is meant to be 0.
Opreation: The pull-down net should be “on” when the pull-up net is “off” and vice versa. For any given input combination, the output is connected either to VDD or to ground via a low-resistance path. A DC current path between the VDD and ground is not established for any of the input combinations. With the complementary nature of NMOS and PMOS, the pull-up or the pull-down is “on” alternately to implement the logic operation.
Discuss the main problems for high fan-in static CMOS gates and the associated techniques for fast complex gates.
tpHL = 0.69 Reqn(C1+2C2+3C3+4CL); Propagation delay deteriorates(恶化) rapidly as a function of fan-in quadratically in the worst case, Gates with a fan-in greater than 4 become excessively slow and must be avoided.tPLH increases linearly due to the linearly increasing value of the diffusion capacitance;tPHL increase quadratically due to the simultaneous increase the resistance and internal capacitance in serial part.
Transistor sizing: as long as fan-out capacitance dominates
Progressive transistor sizing: This approach reduces the dominant resistance, while keeping the increase in capacitance within bounds
Transfer gate:Configuration:The source and drain nodes serve as inputs and outputs, while the gate node serves as the control input, the body node is connected to the power/ground Operation: For NMOS transfer gate,it turns on while the gate control terminal goes high, and the input signal will be delivered to the output node; it turns off while the gate control terminal goes low, and the output node will be impedance.
CMOS transmission gate:Configuration: The CMOS transmission gate consists of one NMOS and one PMOS transistor, with the source and drain connected in parallel; The gate voltages applied
to these two transistors are also set to be complementary signals. The substrate terminal of the NMOS transistor is connected to ground and the substrate terminal of the PMOS transistor is connected to Vdd.
Operation: If the control signal C is logic-high (equal to Vdd), then both transistors are turned on and provide a low-resistance current path between the input and output nodes. If the control signal C is logic-low, then both transistors will be off, and the path between the input and output nodes will be in the high-impedance state. The weakness of one device is overcome by the strength of the other device, whether the output is transmitting a high or low value. This is a clear advantage of the CMOS transfer gate over the single transistor counterpart.
DCVLS:Operation: Assume now that, for a given set of inputs, PDN1 conducts while PDN2 does not, and that Out and out are initially high and low, respectively. Turning on PDN1: Causes Out to be pulled down (below VDD−|VTP |); Out is in a high impedance state, as M2 and PDN2 are both turned off. At the point M2 turns on and starts charging out非to VDD — eventually turning off M1; This in turn enables Out to discharge all the way to GND.XOR/XNOR: When the signals A and B have the same values, there is one conducting path either AB or A非B非; Then the output F is pulled down;At the same time, the other pull-down paths connected to the F非are both turned off. When F is pulled down below VDD−|VTP |, M2 t urns on and starts charging F非to VDD —eventually turning off M1 and pulling down F to Gnd. When the signals A and B have the different values, there is one conducting path either AB非or A非B; Then the output F非is pulled down; At the same time, the other pull-down paths connected to the F are both turned off. When F非is pulled down below VDD−|VTP |, M1 turns on and starts charging F to VDD —eventually turning off M2 and pulling down F非to Gnd.
Precharge-Evaluate dynamic CMOS:Operation: Precharge (when the clock signal Φ= 0)：The PMOS precharge transistor MP is conducting while the complementary NMOS transistor MN is off. The output load capacitance is precharged to VDD by MP, then VOH=VDD；The input voltages have no influence yet upon the output level since the complementary NMOS transistor MN is off. Evaluate (when the clock signal Φ=1)：The precharge transistor MP turns off while the NMOS evaluate transistor MN turns on. The output node voltage may now remain at the logic-high level or drop to a logic low, depending on the input voltage levels: If the input signals create a conducting path between the output node and the ground, PDN is on, and the output capacitance will discharge toward VOL=0;Otherwise, when PDN is off, the output voltage remains at VOH= VDD.
Domino dynamic CMOS logic:When Φ=0, during precharge: The output of the n-type dynamic gate is charged up to VDD, and the output of the inverter is set to 0. When Φ=1, during evaluation: The dynamic gate conditionally discharges, and there are two possibilities: The output node of the dynamic CMOS stage is either discharged to a low level through the NMOS circuitry (1 to 0 transition), or it remains high. Consequently, the inverter output voltage can also make at most one transition during the evaluation phase, from 0 to 1.
TSPC dynamic CMOS logic:Configuration:If one constrains a NORA stage to have only n-precharge gates, and not static gates, then a p-channel transistor can be eliminated from the clocked latch; The dynamic circuit technique to be presented in that it uses only one-phase clock signal, so no clock skew problem exists. The NORA design style can be simplified so that a single clock is sufficient. For the doubled n-C2MOS latch, when φ= 1, the latch is in the transparent evaluate mode and corresponds to 2 cascaded inverters (non-inverting); For the doubled n-
C2MOS latch, when φ= 0, both inverters are disabled (hold mode) -- only the pull-up network is still active.
Pipelined NORA dynamic CMOS system:Configuration: Consists of an np-CMOS logic sequence and a clocked CMOS output buffer; A pipelined system can be constructed by simply cascading alternating φ-section and φ -section, meaning that evaluation occurs during active φ and φ respectively;
Operation:φ=0, during hold mode :N block performs the precharge operation and pulls node Out1 up to VDD through the p-type device Mp1, while p block performs the discharge operation and pulls the node Out2 down to zero through the n-type device Mn2; The clocked CMOS latch will not be in operation and the previous output voltage will be stored on the output load capacitor CL. φ=1, during evaluate mode:All cascaded NMOS and PMOS blocks evaluate output levels one after the other, and then the signal Out2 will be inversed to the output node by the clocked CMOS latch in operation;
Operation Mode: Evaluate―Hold: All logic stages perform the precharge-discharge operation when the clock is high, and all stages evaluate output levels when the clock is low. Therefore, we
will call this circuit a section, meaning that evaluation occurs during active .
Clocked CMOS dynamic circuit:Basic Structure:A pair of PMOS and NMOS transistors controlled by the complementary clock signals are cascaded in the pullup and pulldown paths of the static CMOS gate, respectively, then a CMOS logic gate can be synchronized with a clock. Operation: φ=1, during evaluation mode：The transistors Mp1 and Mp2 are both turned on, then this gate can evaluate normally as a CMOS inverter to generate the logic output In非; φ=0 , during hold mode: Both transistors Mp1 and Mp2 are off, decoupling the output from the input. The CMOS circuit cannot conduct and evaluate, then the output Q retains its previous value stored on the output capacitor CL.
Sequential logic:Virtually all useful systems require storage of state information, leading to another class of circuits called sequential logic circuits. In these circuits, the output not only depends upon the current values of the inputs, but also upon preceding output values. In other words, a sequential circuit remembers some of the past history of the system; A sequential circuit consists of a combinational circuit and a memory block in the feedback loop.
Combination logic:In all logic circuits described so far, the output is directly related to the input. Typically, there are no feedback loops between the output and the input in these circuits (also classified as non-regenerative circuits), so the outputs are always a logical combination of the inputs. As a class, these circuits are known as combinational logic circuits. Combinational logic circuits, described earlier, have the property that the output of a logic block is only a function of the current input values, assuming that enough time has elapsed for the logic gates to settle. Static storage:preserve state as long as the power is on;are built using positive feedback or regeneration with an intentional connection between the output and the input;useful when updates are infrequent (clock gating)
Dynamic storage:store state on parasitic capacitors;only hold state for short periods of time (milliseconds);require periodic refresh to annihilate charge leakage;usually simpler, so higher speed and lower power;useful in datapath circuits that require high performance levels and are periodically clocked
Latch: level sensitive circuit that passes inputs to Q when the clock is high (or low);input sampled
on the falling edge of the clock is held stable when clock is low (or high)
Register or Flip-flops (edge-triggered): edge sensitive circuits that only sample the inputs on a clock transition
positive edge-triggered: 0- 1
negative edge-triggered: 1 -0
built using latches (e.g., master-slave flip-flops)。