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Method and apparatus for body control in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuits

US6150869A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1999
Grant dateNov 21, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/0963
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for body control in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuits. The silicon-on-insulator (SOI) domino circuit includes a clock input and an input transistor stack including a plurality of input transistors. Each of the plurality of input transistors receives a data input. An intermediate precharge node is connected to the input transistor stack. An output inverter is connected to the intermediate precharge node. The output inverter includes a pair of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors. A clocked transistor is connected to a body of at least one of the pair of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors. The clocked transistor predischarges the body of the SOI transistor. Another clocked transistor is connected between ground and a body of an evaluate transistor connected to the input transistor stack. The body of the evaluate transistor is predischarged by the clocked transistor.

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