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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Vibhu Sharma, Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a clock distribution circuit configured to shift a first clock signal in the first voltage domain to a second voltage domain to produce the second clock signal. The second voltage domain extends outside of the first voltage domain. A set of flip-flops operating in the first voltage domain, each including a master latch, a slave latch, and a clock node is coupled to receive the second clock signal. Each flip-flop includes a master pass transistor configured to pass a value from an input of the flip-flop to an input of the master latch when the second clock node is set to a first value. Each flip-flop also includes a master pass transistor configured to pass the value from an output of the master latch to an input of the slave latch when the second clock node is set to a second value.