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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Suvam Nandi, Bangalore, IN;
Badarish Mohan Subbannavar, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 3/0372 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a flip-flop that utilizes low power as a result of reduced transistor count. The flip-flop includes a tri-state inverter that receives a flip-flop input and a clock input. A master latch is coupled to an output of the tri-state inverter and provides a control signal to the tri-state inverter. The control signal activates the tri-state inverter. A slave latch receives an output of the master latch and the control signal. An output inverter is coupled to an output of the slave latch and generates a flip-flop output.