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Relation betn Switching time of the Mos transistor and Gm

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I know that increasing the Gm of the transistor, decreases the rise/fall time i.e increases the switching speed. However, I don't know exactly why? and what's the mathematical expression?

Plz, Help me!
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Switching time t ~ RC , where R = output impedance (of a driver), C = load capacitance.
Consider the transconductance Gm as inverse resistance R, hence t ~ C/Gm .
 

Thnx :)
Yeah, I see... But this means we assume charging and discharging during switching occurs in the triode (linear) region. This not so accurate, right??
 

aok_fine said:
... charging and discharging during switching occurs in the triode (linear) region. This not so accurate, right??
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It's an approximation of course. But if the switch is well driven into the linear region, this will provide quite a good estimation.
 
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