Assume the following unless stated otherwise for a 0.18 μm CMOS process: VDD = 3.3 V, Lmin = 0.18 μm Vtn = 0.5 V or −1 V (choose accordingly), Vtp = −0.5 V μnCox = 390 μA/V2, μpCox = 90 μA/V2 Consider a resistively loaded inverter with a load of Ctot = 180 fF. a) Calculate RL so that VOL = 0.15 V using a minimum-size driver. c) Calculate the τPHL propagation delay using the differential equation method and the RC method. Compare and comment on your results.

Assume the following unless stated otherwise for a 0.18 μm CMOS process: VDD = 3.3 V, Lmin = 0.18 μm Vtn = 0.5 V or −1 V (choose accordingly), Vtp = −0.5 V μnCox = 390 μA/V2, μpCox = 90 μA/V2 Consider a resistively loaded inverter with a load of Ctot = 180 fF. a) Calculate RL so that VOL = 0.15 V using a minimum-size driver. c) Calculate the τPHL propagation delay using the differential equation method and the RC method. Compare and comment on your results.

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Assume the following unless stated otherwise for a 0.18 μ m CMOS process:
V D D = 3.3 V , L m i n = 0.18 μ m
V t n = 0.5 V or 1 V (choose accordingly), V t p = 0.5 V
μ n C o x = 390 μ A / V 2 , μ p C o x = 90 μ A / V 2
  1. Consider a resistively loaded inverter with a load of C tot = 180 f F .
    a) Calculate R L so that V O L = 0.15 V using a minimum-size driver.
    c) Calculate the τ P H L propagation delay using the differential equation method and the R C method. Compare and comment on your results.

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