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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelm C Fischer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Thaddeus J Gabara, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 95 ; 326 98 ; 327544 ;
Abstract
In low-power-dissipation CMOS circuitry, conventional CMOS inverters are powered by a repetitively ramped power supply. Clock signals are needed in the circuitry for controlling data flow therein. To ensure optimal low-power operation of the circuitry, clock signals are derived directly from the ramped power supply waveform itself. Additionally, a technique similar to that employed in the clock-signal-generating arrangement is utilized to propagate digital data signals between chips in a low-power way.