[comp.lsi] Effective Resistance of MOSFETs

ayman@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ayman Kayssi) (02/10/91)

	Is there a simple formula that relates the effective
	resistance of a mosfet to its dimensions and the rise
	time of the waveform at its gate ( when the transistor
	is the pull down of an inverter ) and possibly the
	capacitive load at its drain ?
	The simplest formula relates Reff to the dimensions, but
	that's not accurate enough.
	Thanks.
					<Ayman>

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[  Ayman Issam Kayssi                         |   Email:                      ]
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pi@quark.isi.edu (Jen-I Pi) (02/11/91)

In article <1991Feb9.201136.18151@engin.umich.edu>, ayman@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ayman Kayssi) writes:
|> 
|> 	Is there a simple formula that relates the effective
|> 	resistance of a mosfet to its dimensions and the rise
|> 	time of the waveform at its gate ( when the transistor
|> 	is the pull down of an inverter ) and possibly the
|> 	capacitive load at its drain ?
|> 	The simplest formula relates Reff to the dimensions, but
|> 	that's not accurate enough.
|> 	Thanks.
|> 					<Ayman>

See "Explicit Formulation of Delays in CMOS Data Paths", IEEE Journal of
Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 1257-1264, 1988. for detail...

To be brief, Equation (8) gives the effective resistance of a minimum
size NMOS transistor in a chain of n inverters. Equation (11) gives
the effective resistance for the TG (transmission gate) configuration.

Hope this helps,

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