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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher R. Leon, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/289 ; H03K 3/356 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/289 ; H03K 3/356 ;
Abstract
A differential latch circuit with a differential reset function includes a first arrangement of transistors configured to perform a latch function and a second arrangement of transistors, connected to the first arrangement of transistors, configured to perform a reset function. The first arrangement of transistors includes branches having three cascoded transistors, and the second arrangement of transistors includes branches having two cascoded transistors. This configuration enables the latch circuit to use lower power supply voltages relative to conventional latch circuits that require four more cascoded transistors.