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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nelson Joseph Gaspard, Nashville, TN (US);

Wen Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yanzhong Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 3/3562 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/35625 (2013.01); H03K 3/0372 (2013.01);
Abstract

Integrated circuits having flip-flops with asynchronous reset capabilities are provided. The flip-flops may be single event upset (SEU) hardened registers implemented using dual-interlocked cell (DICE) latch circuits. A logic gate may be inserted at the data input of each flip-flop. A multiplexer may be inserted at the input of the clock tree that is being used to feed clock signals to each of the flip-flops. Both the logic gate and the multiplexer may receive an asynchronous reset signal. The multiplexer may also receive a normal clock signal and a delayed clock pulse signal that is triggered in response to detecting assertion of the reset signal.


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