Application of Complementary Transistor Pairs in Microelectronic Switching Systems,

Abstract

The article discusses the application of complementary transistor pairs in switching circuits and the lower limits imposed on the performance by a deterioration of the transistor characteristics. These are a reduction in gain at lower values of the d.c. emitter current and a reduction in speed in the small current region of operation. Several multivibrator circuits with two transistors are shown and analyzed. These include a regenerative circuit, a Schmitt trigger, astable and monostable multivibrators in the basic and in the Darlington versions, and more sophisticated cascade circuits with inverters. To this category belong logic circuits such as a NAND gate with CRDTL components, a universal logic, as well as monostable, astable, and bistable multivibrators - all using complementary pnp-npn transistor pairs also in their inverter stages. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 1971
Accession Number
AD0887999

Entities

People

  • Kazimierz Janke

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Inverters
  • Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Multivibrators
  • Nand Gates
  • Npn Transistors
  • Switching
  • Switching Circuits
  • Transistors

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics