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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Fumio Murabayashi, Hatano, JP;
Tatsumi Yamauchi, Hitachioota, JP;
Takashi Hotta, Hatano, JP;
Hiromichi Yamada, Hatano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a circuit apparatus which is highly tolerant to noises and operates at a higher speed than a conventional completely complementary static CMOS circuit. To achieve this, the circuit apparatus features a plurality of CMOS static logic circuits which are series-connected and potential setting circuitry which is connected to the output parts of these logic circuits and sets the outputs of the output parts to a low level in synchronization with a clock signal, thus propagating signals by operation of the NMOS circuit. In other words, a signal propagation delay occurs only when the N-type logic block conducts. Therefore, circuit operation is speeded up and &agr; particle noise and noises due to charge redistribution effect or leakage current can be prevented. There is also disclosed a parallel data processing apparatus which features such logic circuitry, the data processing apparatus having both a plurality of data processing units, each having a processor and a memory, and a plurality of hard disks.