EDN

Detect wire breaks with unusual CMOS gate circuit

CMOS devices have large input impedance with input currents on the order of 0.01nA. Adding feedback circuitry can result in a latch-like device that can be used to store bits, and also operate in a ...
Design-Reuse

Mixed-signal design flow enables RF CMOS chip

Spirea AB is a Swedish fabless semiconductor company developing highly integrated low-power, low-cost radio solutions for the Wireless LAN and PAN markets. This article describes how we assembled a ...
EDN

Power management can cause latchup in CMOS chips

If you leave signals applied to the inputs of a CMOS chip with the power turned off, the chip might explode when you re-apply power. This is called latchup. Similarly, if you drag the outputs of a ...
Electronics Weekly

Researchers demo CMOS-compatible SOT MRAM cell

Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the demonstration of a high-speed spin-orbit-torque (SOT) MRAM cell compatible with 300 mm Si CMOS technology. The demand for low-power and ...