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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:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Stephen Ditlow, Garrison, NY (US);
Paul David Kartschoke, Williston, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364489 ; 364488 ; 326 39 ;
Abstract
A reduced power programmable logic array is disclosed. The circuit includes an AND array, coupled through product term lines to an output OR array. Pull-up devices in the OR array are gated to one of the active product term lines. Also disclosed is method for choosing a product term line for gating pull-up devices such that power consumption in the pull-up devices is minimized.