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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Frederick P. Herrmann, Sharon, MA (US);

Kun Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Frederick P. Herrmann, Sharon, MA (US);

Kun Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Kopin Corporation, Taunton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A high voltage shift register stage which directly accepts low voltage clock signal inputs without using clock buffers. In particular, a shift register stage circuit is adapted to operate with a low voltage swing clock signal, with the stage circuit having a single state node, a, driven directly. This arrangement allows for reduced power consumption and higher operating speeds.


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