DocumentCode
1322101
Title
Wanlass´s CMOS circuit
Author
Riezenman, M.J.
Volume
28
Issue
5
fYear
1991
fDate
5/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
44
Abstract
The invention of complementary-MOS (CMOS) logic circuitry by Frank Wanlass in 1963 is recounted. The difficulties encountered by Wanlass in an attempt to make stable silicon MOSFETs and how they led him to the CMOS circuit are described. The first demonstration circuit, a two-transistor inverter, consumed just a few nanowatts of standby power and exhibited propagation delay times on the order of 100 ns.<>
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS circuit; Frank Wanlass; propagation delay times; two-transistor inverter; Aluminum; Circuits; Electrodes; Electron beams; Inverters; MOS devices; MOSFETs; Portfolios; Protection; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.83438
Filename
83438
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