Taylor66
Newbie level 1
I'm unsure about a question in my lab homework which the book doesn't seem to address. Maybe I'm missing something simple.
The question is about a ring oscillator produced by connecting 5 of the inverters on a 74HC04 in series without a load. Vcc is 2V and the measured output frequency is 5 MHz.
The question is: What is the capacitive loading on each inverter in the chain?
I understand that there should be a bit of capacitive loading because of the wires and because the MOSFET gates are capacitive. I'm not really sure where to go from here though--I don't expect anyone to solve the problem for me but I'd love some advice on how to proceed with the problem.
The question is about a ring oscillator produced by connecting 5 of the inverters on a 74HC04 in series without a load. Vcc is 2V and the measured output frequency is 5 MHz.
The question is: What is the capacitive loading on each inverter in the chain?
I understand that there should be a bit of capacitive loading because of the wires and because the MOSFET gates are capacitive. I'm not really sure where to go from here though--I don't expect anyone to solve the problem for me but I'd love some advice on how to proceed with the problem.