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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:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Hy V Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard C Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A selectively decoupled latch circuit used for latching a signal. The circuit contains an input line for accepting an input signal to the circuit. A latch is connected to the input line for latching the input signal. A transfer gate is also connected to the input line and latch for transferring the input signal to the latch according to a clock signal. A transistor is connected in a series with a feedback loop associated with the latch. The transistor selectively decouples the feedback path according to the clock signal. By selectively decoupling the feedback path, it is easier for a new input signal to become latched because contention between a prior latched signal versus the new input signal is minimized. An output line is connected to the latch for outputting a latched signal.
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