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NAND outputs tied to ground
David Hess:
--- Quote from: jmelson on June 11, 2019, 06:51:17 pm ---Actually there are THREE outputs tied to ground. I suspect this is a very inventive circuit. Pin 14 is connected to T41, They are using a feature that putting a low on the input of the gates causes it to pull current from pin 14 to the grounded outputs, and that pin 14 then feeds some circuit.
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They might also have picked which three to use to help present a better transmission line environment to the fast output. Tektronix did this sort of thing with their own custom ICs to get maximum performance out of leaded packages.
amyk:
I suspect it may have a non-functional purpose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
JuanGg:
Thanks to everyone. It makes for an intriguing topic.
Juan
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