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A.2.3 Types of Logic Circuits

There are many different ways in which logic blocks described in Section A.2.2.2 can be combined to gates and to complete circuits. The most important types of logic circuits are briefly described in the following (for more details see, e.g., [36]).

Figure A.13: Types of logic circuits
[Static CMOS logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-stat.ps}
[Buffered static CMOS logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-statb.ps}
[Pseudo-NMOS logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-psnmos.ps}
[Dynamic CMOS logic (principle)]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-dyn.ps}
[Buffered dynamic CMOS (domino) logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-dynb.ps}
[Latched dynamic CMOS (latched domino) logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-dynl.ps}
[NP dynamic CMOS (zipper) logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-zipp.ps}
[Cascade voltage switch logic (CVSL)]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-cvsl.ps}
[Pass-transistor logic]
\includegraphics[scale=0.9]{l-pass.ps}






G. Schrom