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Patent No.:

US 9419617 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2014

Circuit for reducing negative bias temperature instability

Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Fu-Lung Hsueh, Cranbury, NJ (US);

Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);

Bryan Sheffield, Austin, TX (US);

Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., , TW;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Vibol Tan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 19/096 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 3/3562 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/01855 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 3/35625 (2013.01); H03K 3/356008 (2013.01); H03K 19/0016 (2013.01); H03K 19/0963 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit comprises a control circuit having an output node. The circuit also comprises a half latch keeper circuit coupled to the control circuit. The half latch keeper circuit is configured to control the output node during a standby mode. The circuit also comprises a transistor coupled to the output node. The control circuit is configured to turn off the transistor during the standby mode.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chern, Chan-Hong. (2016). Circuit for reducing negative bias temperature instability (U.S. Patent No. 9419617). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9419617

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