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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Karthik Chandrasekharan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Balaji Narasimham, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Gregory Djaja, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Karthik Chandrasekharan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Balaji Narasimham, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Gregory Djaja, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hysteresis-based logic element design for improved soft error rate with low area/performance overhead. In one embodiment, a hysteresis inverter block including one or more pairs of inverters can be coupled to a logic element to adjust a switching threshold of the logic element.