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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:
SK Keyfoundry Inc., Cheongju-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK keyfoundry Inc., Cheongju-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2005.12); H03K 3/012 (2005.12); H03K 3/037 (2005.12); H03K 19/17736 (2019.12); H03K 19/17772 (2019.12); H03K 19/20 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/0372 (2012.12); H03K 3/012 (2012.12); H03K 19/1774 (2012.12); H03K 19/17772 (2012.12); H03K 19/20 (2012.12);
Abstract
A low-power retention flip-flop is provided. The low-power retention flip-flop may include: a master latch configured to output an input signal based on first control signals; a slave latch configured to output the signal from the master latch based on second control signals; and a control logic configured to generate the first control signals based on a clock signal, and provide the generated first control signals to the master latch, and generate the second control signals based on the clock signal and a power down mode signal, and provide the generated second control signals to the slave latch.