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Latch circuit and flip-flop circuit having voltage level converting function

US6081153A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 25, 1998
Grant dateJun 27, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/356173
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A master slave type flip-flop circuit having a master latch circuit ML and a slave latch circuit SL has a voltage level converter circuit 20 in the slave latch circuit SL to reduce the number of elements used in the circuit, which results in reducing the power consumption and in increasing the operation speed of the circuit.

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