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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:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Johnny Chan, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ming-hung Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Tin-wai Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Johnny Chan, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ming-Hung Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Tin-Wai Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Some embodiments include a device having storage node and a latch circuit coupled to the storage node to latch data provided to the storage node during one of a first mode and a second mode of the device. The latch circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor coupled between a first voltage node and a second voltage node. The third transistor is configured to selectively turn on and off in the first and second modes. Other embodiments are described.