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Conditional clock buffer circuit

US6535036B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 2002
Grant dateMar 18, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/10
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A conditional clock buffer circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, a conditional clock buffer circuit includes a precharge circuit, a first transistor and a second transistor coupled to the precharge circuit via the first node and the second node, a third transistor coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. The first transistor may be activated responsive to a condition external to the clock buffer circuit. When the first transistor is activated, an output clock signal driven by the clock buffer circuit may be inhibited.

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