Practice - Experiment 3: Impact of Load Capacitance on Delay
Practice Questions
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What is load capacitance and why is it important?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when more charge needs to be moved.
Define propagation delay in the context of a CMOS inverter.
💡 Hint: Consider both rising and falling edges of the signal.
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What effect does increasing load capacitance have on propagation delay?
💡 Hint: Recall how capacitance affects timing.
Propagation delay is measured from the output reaching 50% of VDD to which input event?
💡 Hint: Think about the rise and fall characteristics of the inverter.
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Given a CMOS inverter with a specified load capacitance, calculate the expected propagation delay if it doubles. Justify your calculation with reference to charge movement.
💡 Hint: Review your formula for propagation delay with respect to capacitance.
How would the maximum load capacitance impact the design of a digital circuit? Discuss the trade-offs involved.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when loading effects overbear the drive strengths.
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