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. Compared with vacuum tube era which need several hundreds of anode voltage and a few
watts of power, transistor
has milli watts of power.
. With the advent of transistor and decades later power dissipation was given less
importance.
. Emphesis has been given to performance and miniarization though and power dissipation is
entirely neglected
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• . Battery operated applications drove low power electronics such as pocket calculators,
.
• .Power dissipation grows and heating and cooling worsen.
. The allications are notebook computer and digital personal communication services.
• in addition to microprocessor’s miniarization anf and speed.
sensitive screen.
.. There 3 types,
. First
. In first source of power dissipation, transition levels between 1 and 0 levels corresponding t
.. Current flows in channel of MOS transistors and heat is produced and dissipated away.
.
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. Short circuit current flows between suppy voltage and ground when both p – subnetwork and n –
subnetwork conduct
. When the input at gate is stable one of the subnetworks conducts there won’t be short c
ircuit current..
.. When output to input transition occurs both the subnetworks conduct for sometime..
. The interval depents on input and output transitions (rise and fall times)
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