ass 1ranslsLors

1ranslsLors can be used as swlLches

Slgnal SLrengLh
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ow close lL approxlmaLes ldeal volLage source
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and Cn ralls are sLrongesL 1 and 0

nMCS pass sLrong 0
uL degraded or weak 1
pMCS pass sLrong 1
uL degraded or weak 0
1hus nMCS are besL for pulldown neLwork
1hus MCS are besL for pullup neLwork
1ransmlsslon CaLes
ass LranslsLors produce degraded ouLpuLs
@toosmlssloo qotes pass boLh 0 and 1 well





g
s d
g = 0
s d
g = 1
s d
0 strong 0
nput Output
1 degraded 1
g
s d
g = 0
s d
g = 1
s d
0 degraded 0
nput Output
strong 1
g = 1
g = 1
g = 0
g = 0
g = 0, gb = 1
a b
g = 1, gb = 0
a b
0 strong 0
nput Output
1 strong 1
g
gb
a
b
a b
g
gb
a b
g
gb
a b
g
gb
g = 1, gb = 0
g = 1, gb = 0
MulLlplexers








ow many LranslsLors are needed? 20









0
1
S
D0
D1
Y

1



1

1

0



0

1

1

1



0

0

0



0

Y

D0

D1

S

1 0
(too many transistors) $ $

D1
D0
S
Y

D1
D0
S
S
S
D0
D1
Y S