Philips Semiconductors
HCMOS family characteristics
FAMILY SPECIFICATIONS
DEFINITIONS OF SYMBOLS AND TERMS USED IN
HCMOS DATA SHEETS
Currents
Positive current is defined as conventional current flow
into a device.
Negative current is defined as conventional current flow
out of a device.
ICC
∆ICC
IGND
II
IIK
IO
IOK
IOZ
IS
Quiescent power supply current; the current
flowing into the VCC supply terminal.
Additional quiescent supply current per input
pin at a specified input voltage and VCC.
Quiescent power supply current; the current
flowing into the GND terminal.
Input leakage current; the current flowing into a
device at a specified input voltage and VCC.
Input diode current; the current flowing into a
device at a specified input voltage.
Output source or sink current: the current
flowing into a device at a specified output
voltage.
Output diode current; the current flowing into a
device at a specified output voltage.
OFF-state output current; the leakage current
flowing into the output of a 3-state device in the
OFF-state, when the output is connected to
VCC or GND.
Analog switch leakage current; the current
flowing into an analog switch at a specified
voltage across the switch and VCC.
Voltages
All voltages are referenced to GND (ground), which is
typically 0 V.
GND
VCC
VEE
VH
VIH
Supply voltage; for a device with a single
negative power supply, the most negative
power supply, used as the reference level for
other voltages; typically ground.
Supply voltage; the most positive potential on
the device.
Supply voltage; one of two (GND and VEE)
negative power supplies.
Hysteresis voltage; difference between the
trigger levels, when applying a positive and a
negative-going input signal.
HIGH level input voltage; the range of input
voltages that represents a logic HIGH level in
the system.
VIL
LOW level input voltage; the range of input
voltages that represents a logic LOW level in
the system.
VOH HIGH level output voltage; the range of
voltages at an output terminal with a specified
output loading and supply voltage. Device
inputs are conditioned to establish a HIGH level
at the output.
VOL LOW level output voltage; the range of voltages
at an output terminal with a specified output
loading and supply voltage. Device inputs are
conditioned to establish a LOW level at the
output.
VT+ Trigger threshold voltage; positive-going signal.
VT− Trigger threshold voltage; negative-going
signal.
Analog terms
RON
∆RON
ON-resistance; the effective ON-state
resistance of an analog switch, at a specified
voltage across the switch and output load.
∆ON-resistance; the difference in
ON-resistance between any two switches of an
analog device at a specified voltage across the
switch and output load.
Capacitances
CI
Input capacitance; the capacitance measured
at a terminal connected to an input of a device.
CI/O Input/Output capacitance; the capacitance
measured at a terminal connected to an I/O-pin
(e.g. a transceiver).
CL
Output load capacitance; the capacitance
connected to an output terminal including jig
and probe capacitance.
CPD Power dissipation capacitance; the capacitance
used to determine the dynamic power
dissipation per logic function, when no extra
load is provided to the device.
CS
Switch capacitance; the capacitance of a
terminal to a switch of an analog device.
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