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Calculate the output high voltage, the output low voltage, and hence the voltage swing for a 2:1 and a 4:1 nMOS inverter where the pull-up device is an nMOS depletion mode transistor. VDD is 5 V, Vtn = 1 V, Vtdep = −3 V. Assume that Vin(Hi) = VDD, Vin(Lo) is below Vtn. Why does logic degradation occur at the output?

Calculate the output high voltage, the output low voltage, and hence the voltage swing for a 2:1 and a 4:1 nMOS inverter where the pull-up device is an nMOS depletion mode transistor. VDD is 5 V, Vtn = 1 V, Vtdep = −3 V. Assume that Vin(Hi) = VDD, Vin(Lo) is below Vtn. Why does logic degradation occur at the output?

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Calculate the output high voltage, the output low voltage, and hence the voltage swing for a 2 : 1 and a 4 : 1 nMOS inverter where the pull-up device is an nMOS depletion mode transistor. V DD is 5 V , V tn = 1 V , V tdep = − 3 V . Assume that V in ( Hi ) = V DD , V in ( L 0 ) is below V tr .
Why does logic degradation occur at the output?

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