Three-phase master-slave flip-flop
US6008678A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K3/0375
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A master-slave flip-flop has two switches that control the flow of data into and through the master and slave stages. The switches are controlled by a three-phase clock signal that is designed to address the problem of data shoot-through. Implementations of the flip-flop rely on weak feedback techniques that allow the flip-flops to be implemented using weak keeper devices in the feedback paths of the master and slave stages and without switches in those feedback paths. The flip-flop enables fast and reliable flip-flops to be implemented with minimal layout area and power consumption.
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