Puzzle #8 - Clock Frequency Driver
August 13, 2007Take the clock frequency circuit I posted about here. As I mentioned the XOR gate at the output might cause some duty cycle distortion with some libraries, due to the fact that most XOR gates are not built to be symmetrical with respect to transition delay.
Now, assume your library has a perfectly symmetrical NAND gate. Could you modify the circuit so the XOR will be replaced by a NAND gate and still have a clock frequency at the output (You are of course allowed to add more logic on other parts of the circuit).
If not, give a short explanation why not. If yes send a circuit description/diagram.
let’s think A is a symmetrical cell too
A= (P NAND N)
B=(~P NAND ~N)
above two items can be implemented by nand gate and inverter,
then (A NAND B) , add a inverter at last, it’s OK.
I cannot give a schematic because of no drawing tool, if it’s wrong,pls tell me why. thanks.
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