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Flip-flop with single clock phase and with reduced dynamic power

US8339172B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2010
Grant dateDec 25, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/35625
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flip-flop may include a first master stage for latching data, a second slave stage for latching data, and an input multiplexer circuit receiving, as input, data to be latched in the flip-flop. The multiplexer may have single clock phase. The first master stage may be clocked based upon a clock phase, whereas the second stage may be clocked based upon another clock phase.

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