EDN

CMOS inverters convert RF to digital signal

Applications ranging from frequency counting and synthesis to sensor signal conditioning require conversion of RF signals to digital-logic levels. In such situations, designers typically use a ...
Electronic Design

40.680-MHz FSK RF Transmitter Uses Two CMOS Inverters

Single-chip transmitters proposed by some IC manufacturers have good electrical performance, but they're often plagued by some drawbacks. For instance, they're hard to find in small quantities. Also, ...
EDN

CMOS hex inverter generates low-distortion sine waves

This Design Idea provides a simple, inexpensive, portable circuit as an alternative to a microcontroller to provide a wide-range source of low-distortion sine waves for audio-circuit design and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Fully CMOS-compatible Ternary Inverter with a Memory Function Using Silicon Feedback Field-Effect Transistors (FBFETs)

New technical paper titled “New ternary inverter with memory function using silicon feedback field-effect transistors” was published from researchers at Korea University. In this study, we present a ...
Nature

Building inverters with stacked complementary nanosheet transistors

The demand for integrated circuits with higher device density is driving a shift in device architectures from planar layouts to three-dimensional (3D) stacking. Monolithic complementary field-effect ...
Electronic Design

Ring-Oscillator Process Monitors for Wafer-Level CMOS Screening

Ring-oscillator process monitors give production test teams a fast on-die frequency measurement for identifying CMOS process variation and sorting dies at wafer level. A process monitor is a dedicated ...
Nature

Generic logic block based on bias-gated 2D MoS

Integrating two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors and CMOS technology is a promising pathway for next-generation integrated circuits. However, the implementation of this strategy is hindered by the ...