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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1979
Sargent S Eaton, Jr, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
An AND-gate clock having an input stage, an output stage, and an isolation stage. The input stage receives two signals, and gates them to produce a high signal. The output stage is used to drive a load typically having a large load capacitance when both signals are true. The isolation stage isolates the input stage from the output stage when only one signal is true, therefore preventing power dissipation by current flow through the output driver stage. The isolation stage provides an alternative current path through smaller transistors, thereby incurring lesser power dissipation and requiring less layout area. A small driver stage may then be used.