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"Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor" is a process which implements a combination of PMOS and NMOS transistors. Most current digital logic is implemented in CMOS. Its cost-effectiveness due to being so widespread means many other applications have become common as well, such as in analog design, image sensors, telecommunication, etc.

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Please help me explain the overshoot and undershoot in CMOS inverter

As the input signal starts to rise from 0 V, the NMOS transistor in the inverter will turn on when it reaches a threshold voltage; as it rises further, eventually the PMOS transistor will turn off. I …
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Why is this circuit a two-stage amplifier?

It is not called a two-stage amplifier in any common usage. It is a single stage differential amplifier because there is a single node where voltage gain occurs -- at the drain of MN1. The signal ther …
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CMOS differential pair - common-mode rejection ratio

Remember the ISS current is constant. With different gm's, the transistors may run different DC currents (which sum to ISS). Since you assume ISS is constant, and there are no body effects or ROUT eff …
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Why there is no shoot-through in CMOS logic gate?

In normal CMOS circuitry, the input signal transition is quite fast. Therefore the time during which both devices are (partially) on is quite small. … In CMOS circuits the current wasted by shoot through is usually smaller than that wasted by charging (or discharging) the load capacitances. …
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channel length in Cadence

They can be different. Usually in logic circuits, the optimal size (for sped and power consumption) is to have all devices at minimum allowable channel length -- the widths may differ. For analog c …
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What is the meaning of Bootstrapping Phenomenon in MOSFET,What are its Consequences & How to...

Bootstrapping is not really the correct term for this. MOSFETs all have capacitance between the gate and drain. While some is a parasitic due to the wires, most of it comes from the actual structure …
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How diffusion constant vary with temperature in Semiconductors?

The Einstein relationship for semiconductors is: D = kT --- --- u q which describes the relationship between the diffusion constant D, and mobility u.
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How do the dimensions of a MOS tranistor affect the gain of a CMOS inverter?

The gain depends on the ratio of output impedance to gm of the MOSFETs. gm depends on W/L (at a given bias current), and is fundamentally quite similar for both circuits. However output impedance incr …
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Op Amp design - open loop gain 73dB, closed loop gain -200dB

Your open loop gain has a phase of -180 deg. Your VIN+ and VIN- labels are reversed. This is not a good way to measure AC open loop gain; in general you can't get a good bias point, although it seems …
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PSPICE simulation

In circuit simulators, storing the results (especially currents) significantly affects the simulation time. If you can make the simulator only store the few nodes you are interested in, it may speed u …
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How to measure the retention time of a capacitor?

Build it and simulate. The capacitor model should include leakage, but if it does not, you will have to find the technology description, oxide thicknesses and lookup the general leakage characteristic …
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Preference of BJT to MOSFET

CMOS transistors on an integrated circuit can be much much smaller (1000's of times) than BJTs. … BJTs have more precision and specialized uses in some analog circuits, but modern CMOS processes can approach their performance. …
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Different voltage characteristics of CMOS NAND gate for different connections

It's a normal effect. in a), T1 is 'on', and you sweep the gate of T2. At say the midpoint of the sweep, T2 is partially on (say 5 V on the gate), and some current is flowing through it and T1. T1 be …
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Clock feedthrough in 5T OTAs?

When VREF drives the gain node (M2), you get feedthrough from the output to the G of M2 as the output toggles. If you exchange inputs, then VREF only drives a diode-connected M3, and the swing there i …
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on-chip low-pass filter with sub-Hertz cutoff frequency

try use some followers and cascodes to buffer the S, D & B of the output device. That way there'll be very little voltage across its gate oxide. High VTH devices won't help (unless you're worried abo …
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