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Ratioed Logic

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Ratioed Logic

VDD VDD VDD

Resistive Depletion PMOS


Load RL Load VT < 0 Load
VSS
F F F
In1 In1 In1
In2 PDN In2 PDN In2 PDN
In3 In3 In3

VSS VSS VSS


(a) resistive load (b) depletion load NMOS (c) pseudo-NMOS

Goal: to reduce the number of devices over complementary CMOS

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Ratioed Logic
VDD

• N transistors + Load
Resistive
Load • VOH = V DD
RL

• VOL = RPN
F RPN + RL

In1 • Assymetrical response


In2 PDN
In3 • Static power consumption

• tpL= 0.69 RLCL


VSS

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Active Loads
VDD VDD

Depletion PMOS
Load VT < 0 Load
VSS
F F
In1 In1
In2 PDN In2 PDN
In3 In3

VSS VSS

depletion load NMOS pseudo-NMOS

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Pseudo-NMOS

VDD

F
CL
A B C D

VOH = VDD (similar to complementary CMOS)

V OL 2 kp
  2
k n  VDD – V Tn  V OL – -------------  = ------  V DD – VTp 
 2  2

kp
V OL =  VDD – V T  1 – 1 – ------ (assuming that V T = V Tn = VTp )
kn

SMALLER AREA & LOAD BUT STATIC POWER DISSIPATION!!!


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Pseudo-NMOS VTC

3.0

2.5

2.0 W/Lp = 4

1.5
Vout [V]

W/Lp = 2
1.0

W/Lp = 0.5 W/Lp = 1


0.5

W/Lp = 0.25
0.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
Vin [V]

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Improved Loads
VDD VDD

M1 M2

Out Out

A
A PDN1 PDN2
B
B

VSS VSS

Differential Cascode Voltage Switch Logic (DCVSL)

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DCVSL Example

Out

Out

B B B B

A A

XOR-NXOR gate
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Try 3 input or 4 input XOR using DCVSL Logic

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