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The gate does not generate power. This is how a NOT gate might look inside (from Wikipedia):

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When A = 0 (an off input), the transistor on the top conducts and the bottom transistor doesn't, thus Q will be approximatelly Vdd (used Falstad's circuit simulator to get this image and the next one).

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The opposite is true, when A = 1, the transistor on the bottom conducts and the transistor on the top doesn't, giving Q = Vss.

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The gate does not generate power. This is how a NOT gate might look inside (from Wikipedia):

enter image description here

When A = 0 (an off input), the transistor on the top conducts and the bottom transistor doesn't, thus Q will be approximatelly Vdd.

The opposite is true, when A = 1, the transistor on the bottom conducts and the transistor on the top doesn't, giving Q = Vss.

The gate does not generate power. This is how a NOT gate might look inside (from Wikipedia):

enter image description here

When A = 0 (an off input), the transistor on the top conducts and the bottom transistor doesn't, thus Q will be approximatelly Vdd (used Falstad's circuit simulator to get this image and the next one).

enter image description here

The opposite is true, when A = 1, the transistor on the bottom conducts and the transistor on the top doesn't, giving Q = Vss.

enter image description here

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Renan
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The gate does not generate power. This is how a NOT gate might look inside (from Wikipedia):

enter image description here

When A = 0 (an off input), the transistor on the top conducts and the bottom transistor doesn't, thus Q will be approximatelly Vdd.

The opposite is true, when A = 1, the transistor on the bottom conducts and the transistor on the top doesn't, giving Q = Vss.