In CMOS circuit design, these gates are created by appropriately connecting nMOS and pMOS transistors. For example, an inverter (NOT gate) can be created by connecting an nMOS transistor and a pMOS ...

So, let’s dive right in and have a look at an NMOS and PMOS transistor, and a CMOS (“complementary,” meaning both P and N MOS transistors are in the circuit) inverter gate (Fig. 1).

For years—decades, in fact—the NMOS transistor world has been on cruise control. NMOS is naturally faster and its performance has scaled better than PMOS. PMOS has had a cost advantage. But lately, it ...

On the other hand, when the input is at logic 1, the PMOS transistor turns off, while the NMOS transistor turns on. This allows the output node to be connected to ground, pulling the output to logic 0 ...

PMOS transistors are constructed using an N-type substrate with two heavily doped P-type regions known as the source and drain. Similar to NMOS, a thin gate oxide layer separates the source and drain ...

A two-step rapid thermal annealing (RTA) nickel salicidation process was employed to fabricate 0.1-mum gate length CMOS transistors. Excess salicidation, common in the conventional one-step RTA NiSi ...

A simple circuit consisting of an nMOS transistor in parallel with a pMOS transistor is shown to reduce nonlinear distortion. Measured experimental results show more than 10 dB reduction in third ...

"By implementing an NMOS epi process in addition to established PMOS epi, we're enabling foundry customers to further enhance their transistor performance for next-generation devices." Since the 90nm ...