Question about basic CMOS inverter

[asicengineer1]

Hi all,
i've a question on basic CMOS inverter. if we swap the nmos and pmos in the inverter and connect VDD directly to nmos and VSS to pmos, will it still function as an inverter ? i read somewhere that it ll still function, but, will produce, weak 1 and weak 0. could someone confirm this ?

 

[satyakumar]

Re: CMOS inverter

Hi,
It won't work as invertor instead works like a week buffer

 

[sameer_dlh25]

Re: CMOS inverter

Yes it works as a week buffer

 

[amitgvlsijune06]

Re: CMOS inverter

when p and n are interchanged?

1.P -strong '1', weak '0' reason -not complete discharge of output capacitance load thereby weak '0'.(derived from vdd equations)
n - stron '0' , weak '1' reason - not complete charging of output capacitance load thereby weak '1'.

so when the positions are interchanged :
1.static loss increased : the inverter does not give a '0' output even if input is not driven,bcoz of conducting path between vdd and ground rails.Hence static losses even if 'off' condition.

2.noise margin decreases.