HCMOS, high-speed CMOS

CMOS

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor is a technology for constructing integrated circuits. CMOS technology is used in microprocessors, microcontrollers, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits...

, is the set of specifications for electrical ratings and characteristics, forming the 74HC00 family, a part of the 7400 series

7400 series

The 7400 series of transistor-transistor logic integrated circuits are historically important as the first widespread family of TTL integrated circuit logic. It was used to build the mini and mainframe computers of the 1960s and 1970s...

 of integrated circuits.

The 74HC00 family followed, and improved upon, the 74C00 series (which provided an alternative CMOS logic family to the 4000 series

4000 series

The 4000 series is a family of industry standard integrated circuits which implement a variety of logic functions using Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor technology, and are still in use today. They were introduced by RCA as CD4000 COS/MOS series in 1968, as a lower power and more versatile...

 but retained the part number scheme and pinouts of the standard 7400 series

7400 series

The 7400 series of transistor-transistor logic integrated circuits are historically important as the first widespread family of TTL integrated circuit logic. It was used to build the mini and mainframe computers of the 1960s and 1970s...

 (especially the 74LS00 series) .

Some specifications include:

• DC supply voltage
• DC input voltage range
• DC output voltage range
• input rise and fall times
• output rise and fall times

HCMOS also stands for high-density CMOS. The term was used to describe microprocessors, and other complex integrated circuits, which use a smaller manufacturing processes, producing more transistors per area. The Freescale 68HC11

Freescale 68HC11

The 68HC11 is an 8-bit microcontroller family introduced by Motorola in 1985. Now produced by Freescale Semiconductor, it descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. It is a CISC microcontroller...

 is an example of a popular HCMOS microcontroller

Microcontroller

A microcontroller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form of NOR flash or OTP ROM is also often included on chip, as well as a typically small amount of RAM...

.

Variations

• HCT stands for high-speed CMOS with transistor–transistor logic voltages. These devices are similar to the HCMOS types except they will operate at standard TTL power supply voltages and logic input levels. This allows for direct pin-to-pin compatible CMOS replacements to reduce power consumption without loss of speed.
• HCU stands for high-speed CMOS un-buffered. This type of CMOS contains no buffer and is ideal for crystals and other ceramic oscillators needing linearity.
• VHCMOS stands for very high-speed CMOS or advanced high-speed CMOS. Typical propagation delay
  Propagation delay
  Propagation delay is a technical term that can have a different meaning depending on the context. It can relate to networking, electronics or physics...
  
   time is between 3 ns and 4 ns. The speed is similar to Bipolar Schottky transistor Transistor–transistor logic
  TTL
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External Links

• HCMOS Design Considerations, Texas Instruments