Lab 6 - ECE 421L
Authored
by Martin Mercado mercam13@unlv.nevada.edu,
10/25/2023
Design, layout, and simulation of a CMOS NAND gate, XOR gate, and Full-Adder
Pre-lab work
- Back-up all of your work from the lab and the course.
- Go through Cadence Tutorial 4
- Read through the lab in its entirety before starting to work on it.
Tutorial 4:
In this tutorial, I'll be designing, layout, and simulating the operation of a NAND gate.
First, I'll be creating a schematic and symbol for a NAND gate.


Next, I will simulate the operation of the gate.


Net3 (Orange, Output) Net2 (Red, Input)
Now I will layout the NAND gate.
Also making sure to DRC and LVS.



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Lab:
I will be doing a design, layout, and simulation of a NAND gate, XOR gate and Full-Adder for this lab.
2-Input NAND gate:
I will be using the NAND gate created in the pre-lab.





Simulate the NAND gate with 2-Inputs.


Net1 (A) Net (B) Vout(
The plot above represents the truth table of the NAND gate.
The output has some noise in between signals.
I will be using inverters to minimize the noise.


2-Input XOR Gate:
I will be making a schematic, symbol and layout of a XOR Gate.
Also DRC and LVS the layout.





Next is to simulate the XOR Gate with 2-Inputs.


The Plot above shows the truth table of the XOR Gate.
Full Adder:
Using the symbols of the NAND gate and XOR gate, I will create a schematic of a Full Adder.

Symbol:

Layout with DRC and LVS:



Next, I will be simulating the Full Adder:
Schematic:

Plots:

The plot above matches the given table below, so the Full Adder works.

End of Lab
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