《Digital Design and Computer Architecture》DDCA_Ch1.pptVIP

Copyright ? 2007 Elsevier 1-* Magic Smoke When the magic smoke in a chip is let out, it stops working. Copyright ? 2007 Elsevier 1-* Transmission Gates A transmission gate is an ideal switch: it passes a good 1 and a good 0 When EN = 1, the switch is ON: EN = 0 and A is connected to B When EN = 0, the switch is OFF: A is not connected to B Copyright ? 2007 Elsevier 1-* Pseudo-nMOS Gates nMOS gates replace the pull-up network with a weak pMOS transistor that is always on The pMOS transistor is called weak because it pulls the output HIGH only when the nMOS network is not pulling it LOW