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Emitter function logic latch and counter circuits

US4378505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1980
Grant dateMar 29, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/2885
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An EFL D-type latch employing an EFL storage cell (17) controlled by a two-level tree of differential transistor pairs (12, 14 and 32, 34). Also described are counter cells, up counters, down counters and up/down counters, including binary, hexadecimal and BCD types, which can be formed from master/slave combinations of D-type and D-type latches. Examples of specific three-level and four-level EFL realizations of the counter cells are also described.

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