The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Gaurav G Mehta, Folsom, CA (US);
Yahya Sotoudeh, San Jose, CA (US);
Chris L Simone, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsai-Chu Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi-Kai Sin, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a domino logic is provided. An input of the domino logic block has as an output of an upstream logic block. A first state, e.g. default or idle, of the output of the upstream logic block is determined. The an output of the domino logic block corresponding to the said first state is determined. A logic block is modified, such that the output of the domino logic block for the first state is the same as a precharge state of the output. This results in preventing the output of the domino logic block from toggling when the first state is the input to the domino logic block.