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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Geordie Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
Geordie Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A keeper device design structure for dynamic logic used in integrated circuit designs includes a first keeper path statically coupled to a dynamic data path, the first keeper path configured to prevent false discharge of the dynamic data path during an evaluation thereof, and a second keeper path selectively coupled to the dynamic data path. The second keeper path is configured to maintain the dynamic data path at a nominal precharge level prior to an evaluation thereof, wherein the second keeper path is decoupled from the dynamic data path during the evaluation.