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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Seid Hadi Rasouli, Hsinchu, TW;

Jerry Chang Jui Kao, Hsinchu, TW;

Xiangdong Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Tzu-Ying Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Yung-Chen Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Hsinchu, TW;

Chi-Lin Liu, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/037 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/037 (2013.01); G06F 1/12 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A clock gating circuit includes a NOR logic gate, a transmission gate, a cross-coupled pair of transistors, and a first transistor. The NOR logic gate is coupled to a first node, and receives a first and a second enable signal, and outputs a first control signal. The transmission gate is coupled between the first and a second node, and receives the first control signal, an inverted clock input signal and a clock output signal. The cross-coupled pair of transistors is coupled between the second node and an output node, and receives at least a second control signal. The first transistor includes a first gate terminal configured to receive the inverted clock input signal, a first drain terminal coupled to the output node, and a first source terminal coupled to a reference voltage supply. The first transistor adjusts the clock output signal responsive to the inverted clock input signal.


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