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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Simon J. Lovett, Boise, ID (US);
Dean D. Gans, Nampa, ID (US);
Larren G. Weber, Caldwell, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/096 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A logic gate with a differential evaluation stage, precharge circuitry for precharging outputs of the gate, latch circuitry for latching the outputs and an inverter. The gate uses high speed, low threshold voltage devices in the evaluation stage, yet uses higher threshold voltage devices in other portions of the gate (e.g., precharge circuitry). This use of dual threshold voltage devices minimizes power consumption while maximizing speed. During standby mode, the gate is operated in an evaluation mode to substantially mitigate standby current.