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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Robust Latch Hardened Against QNUs for Safety-Critical Applications in 22nm CMOS Technology

A technical paper titled “Cost-Optimized and Robust Latch Hardened against Quadruple Node Upsets for Nanoscale CMOS” was just published by researchers at Anhui University, Hefei University of ...
EDN

CMOS circuit latches relays

Control applications often requirethat you set a relay latch in positionuntil you need it to change state.Latching relays accomplish that task.When you send them a pulse, they eitherremain in the ...
Nanowerk

CMOS Technology Explained

Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology is a vital part of modern electronics, used in designing and manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs) that power many digital devices. CMOS ...