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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2000
James B. Barton, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A reduced-leakage current dynamic circuit ( ) is disclosed that includes a logic circuit ( ), a pre-charge transistor ( ), and a standby transistor ( ). The logic circuit ( ) is coupled to an internal output node ( ). The logic circuit ( ) includes a plurality of logic transistors ( and ) having a low threshold voltage. The pre-charge transistor ( ) is coupled to the internal output node ( ). The pre-charge transistor ( ) is operable to provide a pre-charge voltage at the internal output node ( ) and has a standard threshold voltage. The standby transistor ( ) is coupled to the internal output node ( ). The standby transistor ( ) is operable to provide a standby voltage at the internal output node ( ).