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Propagating FIFO storage device

US4805139A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 22, 1987
Grant dateFeb 14, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C19/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A propagating first-in, first-out (FIFO) storage device is driven by a two-phase non-overlapping clock and includes a plurality of storage cells (C1, . . . C4) and a plurality of tracking bit cell circuits (T1, . . . T4). Each of the storage cells includes first pass gate transistors (G1, . . . G8), first inverters (INV1, . . . INV8), second pass gate transistors (G9, . . . G16), and second inverters (INV9, . . . INV16). The first pass gate transistors are responsive to a control signal from the tracking circuit for loading data input signals into the first inverter means. The second pass gate transistors are responsive to a first phase of the clock for shifting the data input signals into the second inverters.

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