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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Vivekanandan Venugopal, San Jose, CA (US);
Raghava Rao V. Denduluri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ajay Bhatia, Saratoga, CA (US);
Suparn Vats, Fremont, CA (US);
Suresh Balasubramanian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gopinath Venkatesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Teng Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a control circuit configured to selectively activate, based on an operating mode signal, either a local clock signal or a pulse signal. The apparatus further includes a data storage circuit that is coupled to a data signal, the local clock signal, and the pulse signal. The data storage circuit may be configured to sample the data signal using the local clock signal during a first operating mode, and to sample the data signal using the pulse signal during a second operating mode.