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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elad Alon, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Burns, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin J. Nowka, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rahul M. Rao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9003 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9003 ;
Abstract
A method and circuit for mitigating gate leakage during a sleep state. An input pattern may be applied to one or more of a plurality of devices in a circuit, e.g., static circuit, dynamic circuit, during a sleep state. In response to the application of the input pattern, a majority of the devices in the circuit may have a substantially identical voltage at each of its terminals, i.e., the source, gate and drain terminal, thereby mitigating gate leakage.