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The document discusses the CMOS pass gate, which is a switch made from an NMOS and PMOS transistor connected in parallel. It operates in different regions depending on the input signal, with both transistors saturating to provide good switching. The pass gate introduces only a small delay but does not provide any power gain. Long chains of pass gates should be broken up with buffers to reduce the proportional N^2 delay.

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Passgate

The document discusses the CMOS pass gate, which is a switch made from an NMOS and PMOS transistor connected in parallel. It operates in different regions depending on the input signal, with both transistors saturating to provide good switching. The pass gate introduces only a small delay but does not provide any power gain. Long chains of pass gates should be broken up with buffers to reduce the proportional N^2 delay.

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Introduction Is there a limit? Transistors CMOS building blocks Parasitics I The [un]desirables Parasitics II Building a full MOS model The CMOS inverter A masterpiece Technology scaling Smaller, Faster and Cooler Technology Building an inverter Gates I Just like LEGO The pass gate An useful complement Gates II A portfolio Sequential circuits Time also counts! DLLs and PLLs A brief introduction Storage elements A bit in memory
The pass gate 1

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An useful complement
The pass gate switch Regions of operation Pass gate delay

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The pass gate

The CMOS pass gate

C n-switch C 0 0 1 1 A 0 1 0 1 Y ? ? good 0 good 1

A p-switch C

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The pass gate

The CMOS pass gate


Regions of operation: 0 to 1 transition NMOS:
source follower Vgs = Vds always:
Vout < Vdd-VTN saturation Vout > Vdd-VTN cutoff
Pass gate: 0 => 1 transition V dd
in 1 0 t

out 1 0 t

in

out

0V Equivalent for 0 = > 1 transition Vdd

VTN > VTN0 (bulk effect)

PMOS:
current source Vout < |VTP| saturation Vout > VTP linear
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out "Current source" "Source follower"

The pass gate

The CMOS pass gate


Pass gate transient response 3 2.5
(V)

V out

2 1.5 1 0.5 0 -0.5 0 2 4 6 Time (ns) 8 10 12 V in

(mA)

Vin, V out (V)

0.6 0.4 0.2 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 0 2 4 6 Time (ns) 8 10 12 I D(pmos) I D(nmos)

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ID(nmos), ID(pmos)

The pass gate

The CMOS pass gate


Regions of operation: 0 to 1 transition
Vout< |VTP| |VTP|< Vout < Vdd - VTN Vout > Vdd - VTN NMOS and PMOS saturated NMOS saturated, PMOS linear NMOS cutoff, PMOS linear

Regions of operation: 1 to 0 transition


Vout > Vdd - VTN Vdd - VTN > Vout > |VTP| VTP > Vout NMOS and PMOS saturated NMOS linear, PMOS saturated NMOS linear, PMOS cutoff

Both devices combine to form a good switch


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The CMOS pass gate


Delay of a chain of pass gates:

t d C Req

N ( N + 1) 2

Chain of transmission gates


Vdd Vdd Vdd Vdd

in
0V

1
0V

2
0V

3
0V

out

Delay proportional to N2 Avoid N large:


Break the chain by inserting buffers

Warning:
A pass gate provides no power gain or buffering All the work is done by the previous gate It really looks like a simple switch
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Equivalent delay model Req 1 Req 2 Req in

Req N

out

The pass gate

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