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Data path configurable for multiple clocking arrangements

US7132854B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2004
Grant dateNov 7, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/1737
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data path (200) can be configured to accommodate different clocking arrangements. In one mode, data values may be output at a single data rate: one data value every clock cycle. In another mode, data values may be output at a double data rate: two data values every clock cycle. A data path (200) can be compact circuit structure, needing only an additional mode multiplexer (206) and inverter over a conventional D-type master-slave flip-flop.

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