Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flip-flop circuit with low-leakage transistors
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Application No.: US15392559Application Date: 2016-12-28
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Publication No.: US10423203B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Charles Augustine , Rafael Rios , Somnath Paul , Muhammad M. Khellah
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; H03K3/012 ; G06F1/3293 ; H03K3/356

Abstract:
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a flip-flop circuit with low-leakage transistors. The flip-flop circuit may be coupled to a logic circuit of an integrated circuit to store data for the logic circuit when the logic circuit is in a sleep state. The flip-flop circuit may pass a data signal for the logic circuit along a signal path. A capacitor may be coupled between the signal path and ground to store a value of the data signal when the logic circuit is in the sleep state. A low-leakage transistor, such as an IGZO transistor, may be coupled between the capacitor and the signal path and may selectively turn on when the logic circuit transitions from the active state to the sleep state to store the value of the data signal in the capacitor. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180181175A1 FLIP-FLOP CIRCUIT WITH LOW-LEAKAGE TRANSISTORS Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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