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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steven M. Douskey, Rochester, MN (US);
Raghu G. Gopalakrishnasetty, Bangalore, IN;
Mary P. Kusko, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Hari Krishnan Rajeev, Kollam, IN;
James D. Warnock, Somers, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Operating pulsed latches on a variable power supply including turning on a first power rail powering a first latch of an integrated circuit, wherein the first latch is a pulsed latch; turning on a second power rail powering a second latch of the integrated circuit, wherein the second latch is operatively coupled to the first latch; performing a scan operation using the first latch and the second latch; turning off the first power rail powering the first latch; and performing a functional operation using the second latch, wherein the first power rail powering the first latch is off during the functional operation.