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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Gene T. Sluss, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Deepak D. Sherlekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tushar R. Gheewala, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gene T. Sluss, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Deepak D. Sherlekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tushar R. Gheewala, Los Altos, CA (US);
Virage Logic Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses are described in which a volatile latch circuit. The volatile latch circuit may have a master latch sub circuit coupled to a slave latch sub circuit. The slave latch sub circuit maintains the logic state stored by the volatile latch circuit. The slave sub circuit may connect to a first power trace that continuously provides a first voltage potential to the slave latch sub circuit even during a sleep mode. The master latch sub circuit may connect to a second power trace that provides a second voltage potential to the master latch sub circuit that is switchably turned off during the sleep mode.