Need help with basic CMOS circuits

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pghaffari

Joined Oct 1, 2011
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Problem:
Show a CMOS circuit for network depicted in Figure 3.21 using:
a) AND and NOR circuits
b) one complex gate

basically, the figure gives you the following switching expression: (abc + d)'

My question now is how do I do a and b. I understand how to implement this into a basic cmos circuit using pmos and nmos. It would look like the following.



http://imageshack.us/g/846/26204024.jpg/


My question is .. how do i go from the first picture to the 2nd picture which is the answer...



I have a midterm on this at the end of the week so I need as much description as possible. I tried reading the book but its very confusing, hopefully someone here can clear it up for me. Thanks
 

Georacer

Joined Nov 25, 2009
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The question states that you should form only NAND and NOR circuits.

(abc+d)' means that you should have a circuit that in its PDN will have (abc+d). But since you can perform only NAND or NOR operations you should create the abc signal beforehand.

Let x=abc. That will transform the final expression into (x+d)' which is the rightmost part of the picture.
In order to create x, we need to build the following: x=abc=((abc)')', since we need to form NAND networks.

In essence this is what the picture does. Create (abc)', invert it, and the NOR it with d.

Is that clear?
 
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