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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Hamid Savoj, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
David Berthelot, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hamid Savoj, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
David Berthelot, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Magma Design Automation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques in which an optimal set of clock gating elements is determined for a selected circuit design. Those clock gating elements are coupled to selected flip-flops, with the effect that those selected flip-flops will consume less dynamic power during operation of the logic circuit. The selected set of clock gating elements provides an optimal savings in overall power consumption after modification of that selected circuit design.