Electronic – ny characteristics difference indicated by this two symbols ?

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During study , I am encountered with this two Inverter symbols . enter image description here
Sometimes this two symbols are usedn in same logic circuit. Though they are working as inverter, I'm guessing there must be some charecteristic differences indicated by this two symbols.Or there is no logic to use two different symbols in same circuit.

Is this symbols indicated different kind of inverters or some different physical properties ?

Best Answer

No, there's no difference in performance between these devices.

The lower one is the one that's more commonly used.

The upper one might be used, for example, if the input comes from a NOR or NAND gate and the person drawing the circuit wants to emphasize that this inverter is intended to turn that into an OR or AND gate (by the principle of combining bubbles).