EXPERIMENT-3

TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF CMOS INVERTER

Date: 09-02-24
Name: Sai Pranav Thota
RegNo: 22BLC1180

OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the transient analysis of CMOS inverter using pulse voltage

TOOLS:
Linux operated computing system, application cadence Virtuoso -64
PROCEDURE:

• DC Analysis- o In the black screen with dots, where you draw the schematic,
draw the CMOS inverter circuit forthe given objectives using components from
create → instance → browse.
o Save project. Check for error or warnings.
o To analyze the circuit, choose launch→ ADEL
o In analysis, choose DC analysis → save DC operating point→ check
componentparameter.
o Give 1.8V as Vdd and 1V as Vi. o Create an output pin Vout o Create an
input pin Vin at the input
• Symbol
o Go to create->from cellview->create symbol o Give Vin as input and Vout
as output o Now we get a rectangle like shape which behaves as exactly as an
inverter. This is useful when there are a lot of inverters in the circuit, we can
simply substitute them with a symbol
• Voltage pulse o Now go to vpulse which creates a pulse voltage and give the
following values in the properties V1=0,V2=1.8V and tr = 5ns (voltage switches
from input to output between these values since it’s a pulse voltage)
o Now go to ADEL window and select outputs to be plotted as the input wire,
the output pin

o For the inputs, go to transient analysis->choose moderate->stop time as

 200ns o
Now run it
• Calculations o Choose the o/p graph on the output plane o Apply delay function
and set the threshold value to 0.9 o First choose falling, then evaluate one point
then choose rising then evaluate the next point by switching falling and rising

OBSERVATIONS:

Fig. 1: Transfer characteristics for transient analysis

 Fig 2: Circuit diagram MOS inverter

Fig-3: Circuit diagram of inverter symbol

 Fig 4: Calculation of delay value
INFERENCE:
Characteristics of CMOS inverter were analyzed by visualizing the transfer
characteristics of the pulse
As we can see from the observed graphs,

• The midpoint is the region between the 2 points where the input voltage is
crossing the output or Vin=Vout
• In this since Vin=1.8V,threshold value is 0.9V
CONCLUSION:
Hence the cmos transient characteristics are successfully plotted and points at which
threshold voltage value is obtained is calculated successfully.