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Why aren't latch based designs common these days?
Almost every ASIC out there if flip-flop based. In summary, DFF is two latches pushed closely together. While in a latch based design you can "separate" these two latches apart and squeeze logic in-...
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How is the bias current reference value determined for CMOS circuit design?
In the few textbooks I'm reading on CMOS analog design, they all seem to have reference currents of \$10 \mu A\$ or similar that get mirrored, and there doesn't seem to be any discussion on how this ...
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In CMOS, can I assume the delay of a multiplexer is negligible compared to the delay of an inverter?
Let say I have a ring oscillator, and I modify the ring so that the output of an inverter is connected to an input of a 2-to-1 MUX, and the output of the MUX is connected to the input of the next ...
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Convert area of ASIC into kilo-gate equivalent kGE
Is there any resource/datasheet where I can find the kilogate (kGE) of the various CMOS technologies? Essentially, I have a bunch of ASIC circuits with their areas given in mm2 that I want to convert ...
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What topologies are used for ultra-low-power CMOS DACs?
What schematics, topologies or algorithms are suitable for ultra-low-power DAC design? You can assume the following design requirements (they are flexible):
Full custom CMOS design (this is not a ...
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Gate array propagation delay times
This is kind of a simple question I haven't been able to find an answer for.
According to my notes, propagation delay increases as supply voltage decreases. While intuitively I would think it would ...
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Understanding CMOS performance and complexity for ASIC : 350nm to 45nm process
I am trying to build an ASIC chip with the help of the MOSIS project. (They make it cheaper by combining multiple small project into a single fab). I have a choice between 350nm to 45nm, and ...
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