Switch Logic

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Switch Logic
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What is a transistor?

• An MOS Transistor A Switch

An MOS Transistor A Switch
An MOS Transistor A Switch
An MOS Transistor A Switch
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Switch Model of MOS Transistor
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NMOS and PMOS

• NMOS transistor PMOS transistor

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The CMOS Inverter A First Glance
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CMOS Inverter
N Well
PMOS
2l
Contacts
Out
In
Metal 1
Polysilicon
NMOS
GND
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Two Inverters
Share power and ground Abut cells
Connect in Metal
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CMOS InverterFirst-Order DC Analysis
VOL 0 VOH VDD VM f(Rn, Rp)
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CMOS Inverter Transient Response
V
V
DD
DD
R
p
V
V
out
out
C
C
L
L
R
n
V
V
V
0
5
5
in
DD
in
(a) Low-to-high
(b) High-to-low
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Simulated VTC
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Inverter Chain
In
Out
CL

• If CL is given
• How many stages are needed to minimize the
  delay?
• How to size the inverters?
• May need some additional constraints.

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Inverter Delay

• Minimum length devices, L0.25mm
• Assume that for WP 2WN 2W
• same pull-up and pull-down currents
• approx. equal resistances RN RP
• approx. equal rise tpLH and fall tpHL delays
• Analyze as an RC network

2W
W
tpHL (ln 2) RNCL
tpLH (ln 2) RPCL
Delay (D)
Load for the next stage
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Inverter with Load
Delay
RW
CL
RW
Load (CL)
tp k RWCL
k is a constant, equal to 0.69
Assumptions no load -gt zero delay
Wunit 1
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Inverter with Load
CP 2Cunit
Delay
2W
W
Cint
CL
Load
CN Cunit
Delay kRW(Cint CL) kRWCint kRWCL kRW
Cint(1 CL /Cint) Delay (Internal) Delay
(Load)
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Delay Formula
Cint gCgin with g ? 1 f CL/Cgin - effective
fanout R Runit/W Cint WCunit tp0
0.69RunitCunit
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Apply to Inverter Chain
In
Out
CL
1
2
N
tp tp1 tp2 tpN
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Optimal Tapering for Given N

• Delay equation has N - 1 unknowns, Cgin,2
  Cgin,N
• Minimize the delay, find N - 1 partial
  derivatives
• Result Cgin,j1/Cgin,j Cgin,j/Cgin,j-1
• Size of each stage is the geometric mean of two
  neighbors
• each stage has the same effective fanout
  (Cout/Cin)
• each stage has the same delay

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Optimum Delay and Number of Stages
When each stage is sized by f and has same eff.
fanout f
Effective fanout of each stage
Minimum path delay
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Example
In
Out
CL 8 C1
1
f
f2
C1
CL/C1 has to be evenly distributed across N 3
stages
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Optimum Number of Stages
For a given load, CL and given input capacitance
Cin Find optimal sizing f
For g 0, f e, N lnF
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Optimum Effective Fanout f
Optimum f for given process defined by g
fopt 3.6 for g1
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Buffer Design
N f tp 1 64 65 2 8 18 3 4 15 4 2.8 15.3
1
64
1
8
64
1
4
64
16
1
64
22.6
8
2.8