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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Hae-Rang Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Mi-Hyun Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356147 (2013.01);
Abstract

A latch circuit includes a first PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving a second node based on a voltage of a first node, a first NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the second node based on a voltage of the first node, a second PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving the first node based on a voltage of the second node, a second NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the first node based on a voltage of the second node, a first separation element suitable for electrically separating the first NMOS transistor from the second node when the first PMOS transistor is turned on, and a second separation element suitable for electrically separating the second NMOS transistor from the first node when the second PMOS transistor is turned on.


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