size of transistor for driving another transistor

[padoh]

can a 1mm transistor be driven by a 20um transistor for length 130nm? is there any way of determining this?

 

[Ogu Reginald]

What do you mean by 1mm and 20um?

 

[erikl]

can a 1mm transistor be driven by a 20um transistor for length 130nm? is there any way of determining this?

Sure: from the equation / Q=CV=It / you can get the slew rate at the large transistor's gate δV/δt = I/C .
I is the drive transistor's max. driving current capability, C is the gate input capacitance Cgg of the driven transistor.

This is quite a good approximation.

 

[dick_freebird]

This is a 50:1 taper which is abnormal. Best prop delay in
a logic chain is around 3:1, I've done clock trees at 2:1
when pressing against the process speed capability, and
stick to roughly 4:1 for power FET driver taper chains
(or 4:1 "off", 8:1 "on" if I'm doing a "ballistic" anti-shoot-
through design). Never have I been happy with so weak
a gate drive, in a switching circuit.

Though I suppose if you wanted a controlled slew, this
is one way to get it. Not as well controlled, though, as
a stiff driver and a series resistor, in respect to process
and temperature and supply variation.