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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Donald E. Steiss, Richardson, TX (US);
Clive Bittlestone, Lucas, TX (US);
Peter Cumming, La Gaude, FR;
Christopher Barr, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A flip flop ( ) comprising a master stage ( ) comprising a first plurality of transistors ( ), wherein each of the first plurality of transistors comprises a selective conductive path between a source and drain. The flip flop also comprises a slave stage ( ) comprising a second plurality of transistors ( ), wherein each of the second plurality of transistors comprises a selective conductive path between a source and drain. For the flip flop, in a low power mode the flip flop is operable to receive a first voltage (V ) coupled to the selective conductive path for each of the first plurality of transistors. Also in the low power mode, the flip flop is operable to receive a second voltage (V ) coupled to the selective conductive path for each of the second plurality of transistors. Lastly, the second voltage is greater than the first voltage in the low power mode.