Using just two NAND or inverter gates its possible to build a D type (or ‘toggle’) flip-flop with a push-button input. At power-up the output of gate N2 is at a logical ‘1’, ensuring that transistor T2 ...

Density and speed of IC’s have increased exponentially for several decades, following a trend described by Moore’s Law. While it is accepted that this exponential improvement trend will end, it is ...

At the eighth annual Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum held this week Samsung introduced their range of “smart and green” products particularly their line in mobile solutions took to the forefront of the ...

Cryogenic CMOS is a technology on the cusp, promising higher performance and lower power with no change in fabrication technology. The question now is whether it becomes viable and mainstream.

With the advancement in semiconductor technology, chip density and operating frequency are increasing, so the power consumption in VLSI circuits has become a major problem of consideration. More power ...

In this column, we consider the evolution of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, which was invented by Frank Wanlass in 1963. In this column, we consider the evolution of ...

Texas Instrument's Richard Zarr reviews the differences between Silicon-Germanium BiCMOS and small-geometry CMOS when it comes to driving high-speed data transmission lines. The CMOS process was the ...