This document discusses the history and evolution of logic families. It begins by describing the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the development of integrated circuits in the late 1950s. It then covers various logic families including DL, DTL, RTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, and CMOS. Key concepts covered are voltage parameters, noise margins, fanout, power requirements, and speed-power products. The document concludes by discussing interfacing different logic families and issues around voltage and current.
This document discusses the history and evolution of logic families. It begins by describing the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the development of integrated circuits in the late 1950s. It then covers various logic families including DL, DTL, RTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, and CMOS. Key concepts covered are voltage parameters, noise margins, fanout, power requirements, and speed-power products. The document concludes by discussing interfacing different logic families and issues around voltage and current.
This document discusses the history and evolution of logic families. It begins by describing the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the development of integrated circuits in the late 1950s. It then covers various logic families including DL, DTL, RTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, and CMOS. Key concepts covered are voltage parameters, noise margins, fanout, power requirements, and speed-power products. The document concludes by discussing interfacing different logic families and issues around voltage and current.
This document discusses the history and evolution of logic families. It begins by describing the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the development of integrated circuits in the late 1950s. It then covers various logic families including DL, DTL, RTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, and CMOS. Key concepts covered are voltage parameters, noise margins, fanout, power requirements, and speed-power products. The document concludes by discussing interfacing different logic families and issues around voltage and current.
By Dr. Dhobale J V Associate Professor School of Engineering & Technology RNB Global University, Bikaner
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Logic Families - History l The first transistors were fabricated in 1947 at Bell Laboratories (Bell Labs) by Brattain with Bardeen providing the theoretical background and Shockley managed the activity. l – The trio received a Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in 1956. l The transistor was called a point-contact transistor and was a type of bipolar junction transistor (BJT).
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Logic Families - History l The theory on field effect transistors (FETs) was developed much earlier than our understanding of BJTs . – First patent on FETs dates from 1925 • Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, an Austro-Hungarian physicist. l However, the quality of the semiconductor and the oxide materials were barriers to developing good working devices. – The first FET was not invented until 1959 • Dawon Kahng and Martin M. (John) Atalla of Bell Labs Course Code - 19004000 RNB Global University, Bikaner. 34 Logic Families - History l Integrated circuits (ICs) are chips, pieces of semiconductor material, that contain all of the transistors, resistors, and capacitors necessary to create a digital circuit or system. l The first ICs were fabricated using Ge BJTs in 1958. l Jack Kirby of Texas Instruments, Nobel Prize in 2000 l Robert Noyes of Fairchild Semiconductors fabricated the first Si ICs in 1959.
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Logic Families - History l Integration Level: l SSI Small scale integration - 12 gates/chip l MSI Medium scale integration - 100 gates/chip l LSI Large scale integration - 1K gates/chip l VLSI Very large scale integration - 10K gates/chip
l ULSI Ultra large scale integration - 100K gates/chip.
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Logic Families - History l Moore’s law: lA prediction made by Moore (a co-founder of Intel) in 1965: “… a number of transistors to double every 2 years”.
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Logic Families l Logic families are sets of chips that may implement different logical functions, but use the same type of transistors and voltage levels for logical levels and for the power supplies.
l These families vary by speed, power
consumption, cost, voltage & current levels.
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Logic Families l Digital IC Terminology: Voltage Parameters Ø VIH(min): high-level input voltage, the minimum voltage level required for a logic 1 at an input.
Ø VIL(max): low-level input voltage
Ø VOH(min): high-level output voltage
Ø VOL(max): low-level output voltage
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Logic Families l Digital IC Terminology: Noise Margin l Noise is present in all real systems. l This adds random fluctuations to voltages representing logic levels. l To cope with noise, the voltage ranges defining the logic levels are more tightly constrained at the output of a gate than at the input. l Thus small amounts of noise will not affect the circuit. l The maximum noise voltage that can be tolerated by a circuit is termed its noise immunity (noise Margin).
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Logic Families l Digital IC Terminology: fanout –
l The maximum number of standard logic inputs
that an output can drive reliably.
l Also known as the loading factor.
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Logic Families l Digital IC Terminology: Power Requirements –
l Every IC needs a certain amount of electrical
power to operate. l Vcc (TTL) l VDD(MOS)
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Logic Families l Digital IC Terminology: Speed-Power Product l Desirable properties: l Short propagation delays (high speed). l Low power dissipation
l Speed-power product measures the combined
effect.
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Logic Families l Interfacing logic families:
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Logic Families l Interfacinglogic families: Voltage l In some interfacing situations, a HIGH output pin may produce a voltage that is too low to be recognized as a HIGH by the input pin it’s connected to.
l The solution in such cases is to use a pull-up
resistor.
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Logic Families l Interfacinglogic families: Voltage l Example: TTL to CMOS Ø A TTL HIGH output may be as low as 2.4 V. Ø But a CMOS input expects HIGHs to be at least 3.33 V
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Logic Families l Interfacing logic families: Current l In some interfacing situations, either a HIGH output pin may not source enough current to drive the input pin it’s connected to, or a LOW output pin may not sink enough current to drive the input pin it’s connected to.
l The solution in such cases is to use a buffer.
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Logic Families l Interfacing logic families: Current l Example: CMOS to TTL l A CMOS LOW output can only sink 0.51 mA. l But as much as 1.6 mA may flow out of a TTL LOW input. l It can also be used for increasing the fanout.
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