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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, VT (US);
Stephen V. Kosonocky, Wilton, CT (US);
Randy W. Mann, Poughquag, NY (US);
Jeffrey H. Oppold, Richmond, VT (US);
Inventors:
Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, VT (US);
Stephen V. Kosonocky, Wilton, CT (US);
Randy W. Mann, Poughquag, NY (US);
Jeffrey H. Oppold, Richmond, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K019/094 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for selectively enhancing the soft error rate (SER) immunity of a dynamic logic circuit. The apparatus includes a bootstrap capacitor coupled to a precharge input signal and a dynamic node of the dynamic logic circuit, and a device, such as an FET, for selectively connecting the bootstrap capacitor to the dynamic node.