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Flip-flop for use in LSSD gate arrays

US5469079A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1994
Grant dateNov 21, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/0375
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flip-flop designed for use in gate arrays following LSSD design rules. The flip-flop has a data input D and a scan data input SD which are gated by control signals fmc, fmc' to the flip-flop input terminal 18. The flip-flop input 18 is gated into a master flip-flop consisting of two inverters 30, 32 coupled back-to-back by a gate signal DMC which is valid when the desired input signal is gated to the flip-flop input 18. The master flip-flop is coupled to a slave flip-flop which is gated by a different control signal. The slave flip-flop consists of two inverters 44, 46 coupled back-to-back. Inverters 48, 50 coupled to the slave flip-flop provide a buffered output therefrom.

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