Electronic Design

It’s Hot, Powering, And Burning CMOS Logic Circuits

Fig 1. A typical CMOS input circuit comprises a “P” and “N” transistor. One is fully “on” for logic high, and the other is “on” for a logic low. Fig 2. When a CMOS input pin is at logic high or low ...
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FCT-T Octal Logic Characteristics and Applications

This application note is intended to be used as a designer’s guide to component selection and usage. The data contained within this document is typical data taken at 25⁰C and 5.0 V Vcc, except when ...
EDN

The AVC Logic Family

Philips Semiconductors has introduced a new low voltage logic family optimized for high performance bus interface applications: AVC (Advanced Very low voltage CMOS). Operating with sub 2 ns ...
Hackaday

The Headache Of Fake 74LS Logic Chips

When you go on your favorite cheap online shopping platform and order a batch of 74LS logic ICs, what do you get? Most likely relabeled 74HC ICs, if the results of an AliExpress order by [More Fun ...