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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1992
Boubekeur Benhamida, Boise, ID (US);
Zilog, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
An address detection circuit is described having a node A which is precharged to the voltage of a power supply and then discharged down to ground by a strobe signal if an address match occurs. An address match is detected when a nonconventional CMOS inverter which has its input connected to node A has its output go HIGH. The nonconventional CMOS inverter utilizes a device ratio between its P-mos transistor and its N-mos transistor of approximately 10 to 1 for a 1 micron CMOS process. Prior to the strobe signal discharging the node A to ground, the output of the nonconventional inverter is held to ground by a transistor which is switched OFF when the strobe signal discharging the node A to ground is initiated.