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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gil I. Winograd, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
A decoder for decoding an address having a plurality of bits ranging from a first address bit ato a last address bit a, each address bit being either true or false is provided that includes a pre-charge circuit adapted to pre-charge a dynamic NOR node and a dynamic OR node and then allow the pre-charged dynamic NOR node and pre-charged dynamic OR node to float; a plurality of switches coupled between the dynamic NOR node and ground, each switch corresponding uniquely to the address bits such that the switches range from a first switch corresponding to ato an nth switch corresponding to a, wherein any switch corresponding to a true address bit is configured to turn on only if its corresponding address bit is false, and wherein any switch corresponding to a false address bit is configured to turn on only if its corresponding address bit is true.