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The stick diagram for a 2 input NOR can be
worked out in much the same way as a 2 input NAND.

Again, start off with 2 horizontal lines,
and one vertical line (that crosses both horizontal lines) for each input. Since
there are 2 inputs (A and B), there are 2 vertical lines. This will represent
the 4 transistors (2 transistors for each input).

In this example, the gates are named A and
B. There is nothing wrong with B and A instead. The stick diagram will just look
like a mirror image of what this example will result in.
Now look at the transistor level
schematic. For the N-FETs, each gate has VSS on one side and C on the other.
This means VSS can be placed in the middle and C on the outside, or C in the
middle and VSS on the outside. Again, to keep capacitance on the output down, C
should be placed in the middle.

On the other hand, the P-FETs has output C
going through B, then A, and finally to VCC. The stick diagram should be set up
the same way.

This is the stick diagram for a 2 input
NOR gate.
The stick diagram for an INVERTER is very
simple, since there is only one input.

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