After reading sections 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6, you should be able to answer to the following questions.
  1. Section 6.4:
  2. Why the low-to-high and high-to-low transitions do not have the same speed for a resistor pull up NMOS inverter?
  3. Section 6.5:
  4. What is the static power consumption for a CMOS inverter?
  5. Plot vo versus vin for a CMOS inverter (Fig. 6.32)
  6. Plot iDN versus vin for a CMOS inverter (Fig. 6.33)
  7. Section 6.6:
  8. Calculate tPHL, tPLH and the propagation delay for a CMOS inverter.