2. Given the partial NMOS EPROM encoder shown, where Y is some select line, determine the values of the output data lines D2D1D0 when Y = 1.

  1. D2=0 D1=0 D0=0
  2. D2=1 D1=0 D0=1
  3. D2=1 D1=1 D0=0
  4. D2=0 D1=1 D0=0
  5. D2=0 D1=0 D0=1

2 is WRONG. You need to identify the on-off transistors with negatively charged floating gates; these transistors will remain OFF and the vertical data lines connected to these OFF transistors will go high when Y = 1 through the top R-transistors. The other data lines will be grounded by the ON transistors (with uncharged floating gates), and thereby go low.

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