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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Theodore W. Houston, Richardon, TX (US);
Howard L. Tigelaar, Allen, TX (US);
Theodore W. Houston, Richardon, TX (US);
Howard L. Tigelaar, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a feedback structure, a method of constructing a feedback structure and an integrated circuit employing the feedback structure. In one embodiment, the feedback structure is for use with an integrated circuit and includes a local interconnect configured to electrically connect an output of a CMOS inverter to another circuit in the integrated circuit. Additionally, the feedback structure also includes an interconnect extension to the local interconnect configured to proximately extend along a gate structure of the CMOS inverter to provide a reactive coupling between the output and the gate structure.