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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
It takes a finite time for the top transistor to open and the bottom one to close (or vice versa) and during this transition both transistors are briefly partly open, causing a brief current spike. It is very short, lasting a tiny fraction of the clock pulse length, but it is non-zero. Furthermore, the input of the next gate acts as a tiny capacitor which needs charging or discharging every time the logical state changes.
Wow, this actually makes a lot of sense, and quite frankly, I could have already known that!
So thanks a lot for putting the pieces together for me!
 

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