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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert A. Alfieri, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G11C 19/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1087 (2013.01); G06F 17/505 (2013.01); G11C 19/00 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A synchronous sequential latch array generated by an automated system for generating master-slave latch structures is disclosed. A master-slave latch structure includes N/2 rows of master-slave latch pairs, an N/2-to-1 multiplexer and control logic. N is equal to the number of latches that are included in the latch array.