Simulate the operation of the input buffer in Fig XXXXXXXXXXin the short-channel CMOS process. How sensitive is the buffer to input slew-rate? How symmetrical are the output rise and fall times?...

Simulate the operation of the input buffer in Fig. 27.17 in the short-channel CMOS process. How sensitive is the buffer to input slew-rate? How symmetrical are the output rise and fall times? Suggest, and verify with simulations, a method to reduce the power consumed by the input buffer.