Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!umriscc!mcs213k.cs.umr.edu!robf From: robf@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Rob Fugina) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: schmitt trig. nand configurations Message-ID: <1784@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Date: 2 Dec 90 22:00:19 GMT References: <48711@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: news@umriscc.isc.umr.edu Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla Lines: 6 With 3 of the 4 inputs tied to Vcc instead of your input, it will draw less current from your input...that's what i've learned about 2-input nand gates in a couple of my EE classes. So the method of tying unused inputs to Vcc or ground is the preferred design. (An OR or a NOR would require unused inputs be tied to ground instead of Vcc). Rob...robf@cs.umr.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com