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E6C06

CIRCUIT COMPONENTS · Digital ICs: families of digital ICs; gates; programmable logic devices

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Why do CMOS digital integrated circuits have high immunity to noise on the input signal or power supply?

  1. ALarge bypass capacitance is inherent
  2. BThe input switching threshold is about twice the power supply voltage
  3. CThe input switching threshold is about half the power supply voltage
  4. DBandwidth is very limited
Why CMOS logic inputs switch state when the input passes roughly 50% of the supply rail (Vdd/2), so a logic low can drift upward by nearly half the supply and a logic high can droop by nearly half before the gate misreads it. That symmetric, wide noise margin on both the high and low sides is what gives CMOS its noise immunity, and because the threshold tracks the supply, supply variation shifts the threshold along with the signal levels. By contrast, TTL thresholds sit near 1.4 V on a 5 V rail, leaving much less margin on the low side.
Watch out The claim that the threshold is about twice the supply voltage is impossible, since no input driven from the same supply could ever reach that level and the gate would never switch. Bypass capacitance is added externally, not inherent, and limited bandwidth is not why CMOS resists noise.
CMOS switches at half the rail: about half the supply of noise margin on each side.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of E6C

  1. E6C01 What is the function of hysteresis in a comparator?
  2. E6C02 What happens when the level of a comparator's input signal crosses the threshold voltage?
  3. E6C03 What is tri-state logic?
  4. E6C04 Which of the following is an advantage of BiCMOS logic?
  5. E6C05 Which of the following digital logic families has the lowest power consumption?
  6. E6C06 Why do CMOS digital integrated circuits have high immunity to noise on the input signal or power supply?
  7. E6C07 What best describes a pull-up or pull-down resistor?
  8. E6C08 In Figure E6-3, which is the schematic symbol for a NAND gate?
  9. E6C09 What is used to design the configuration of a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)?
  10. E6C10 In Figure E6-3, which is the schematic symbol for a NOR gate?
  11. E6C11 In Figure E6-3, which is the schematic symbol for the NOT operation (inversion)?
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