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3. A particular IC chip can dissipate 10W and contains 5 million CMOS inverters. Each inverter is being switched at frequency f a. Determine the average power that each inverter can dissipate without exceeding the total allowed power b. If the switching frequency is f=5MHz, what is the maximum capacitive load on each inverter if VDD=3.3V

3. A particular IC chip can dissipate 10W and contains 5 million CMOS inverters. Each inverter is being switched at frequency f a. Determine the average power that each inverter can dissipate without exceeding the total allowed power b. If the switching frequency is f=5MHz, what is the maximum capacitive load on each inverter if VDD=3.3V

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3. A particular IC chip can dissipate 10W and contains 5 million CMOS inverters. Each inverter is being switched at frequency f a. Determine the average power that each inverter can dissipate without exceeding the total allowed power b. If the switching frequency is f=5MHz, what is the maximum capacitive load on each inverter if VDD=3.3V

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