bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (05/24/91)
Excuse this simplistic question, but... What does the word "cascode" mean? I've seen it in reference to various VLSI circuits, and I don't think it's just a misspelling of "cascade". I've directed followups to me; I'll summarize if the answer seems generally interesting. Thanks for your help, -bob montante
chuck@marie.mit.edu (CHUCK PARSONS 617-253-4157) (05/24/91)
In article <1991May23.145111.20440@news.cs.indiana.edu>, bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes... >Excuse this simplistic question, but... What does the word "cascode" >mean? I've seen it in reference to various VLSI circuits, and I don't >think it's just a misspelling of "cascade". > >I've directed followups to me; I'll summarize if the answer seems generally >interesting. Thanks for your help, > Cascode refers to an arrangement of two transistors, which largely cancels the Early (sp?) effect. It increases the max switching speed if you have a limited drive current. 'Limited' here does not mean all that wimpy, the colloecter base coupling (* voltage gain) can be quite large as frequency goes up. Chuck@mitlns.mit.edu