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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Sam Gat-shang Chu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peter Juergen Klim, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Ju Hyeok Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Jose Angel Paredes, Austin, TX (US);
Sam Gat-Shang Chu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peter Juergen Klim, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Ju Hyeok Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Jose Angel Paredes, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ensuring proper operation of a dynamic circuit is provided. A dynamic circuit instance has a plurality of outputs connected to a respective one of a plurality of leakage detector circuits. An output of each leakage detector circuit is connected with a respective one of a plurality of keeper circuits that reside at the dynamic circuit. Each of the plurality of keeper circuits has a unique size ratio with respect to a logic element size of the dynamic circuit.