Abstract:
The present invention relates to a flip-flop circuit employing an MTCMOS technology comprising a master latch unit and a slave latch unit, for latching input data and outputting the data under the control of an internal clock signal, wherein an output of the flip-flop circuit retains a state just before the admission to sleep mode when the state of the system is converted from sleep mode to active by means of making a data state of an input terminal of a master latch into the same state as an inversed data state of an input terminal of a slave latch circuit in sleep mode and storing it. The flip-flop circuit employing the MTCMOS technology in accordance with the present invention is capable of retaining a state just before the sleep mode when the state of the system is converted from sleep mode to active mode by using the sleep mode control signal by means of adding the feedback circuit to the conventional flip-flop circuit. In addition, while the flip-flop circuit employing the MTCMOS technology in accordance with the present invention has an operation speed slightly slower than that of the prior art flip-flop circuit employing the low-Vth transistor or the high-Vth transistor, a leakage current of the present invention is significantly smaller than that of the conventional art.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes an integrated circuit comprising a standard cell, the standard cell comprising: first and second active regions having different conductivity types and extending in a first direction; first, second, and third conductive lines extending over the first and second active regions in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and disposed parallel to each other; and a cutting layer extending in the first direction between the first and second active regions and separating the first conductive line into a first upper conductive line and a first lower conductive line, the second conductive line into a second upper conductive line and a second lower conductive line, and the third conductive line into a third upper conductive line and a third lower conductive line; wherein: the first upper conductive line and the third lower conductive line are electrically connected together; and the second upper conductive line and the second lower conductive line are electrically connected together.
Abstract:
A clocked state circuit can include a transmission gate configured to clock an output of a master terminal to an input of a slave terminal responsive to a clock signal or a delayed clock signal coupled to the transmission gate.
Abstract:
A clocked state circuit can include a transmission gate configured to clock an output of a master terminal to an input of a slave terminal responsive to a clock signal or a delayed clock signal coupled to the transmission gate.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes an integrated circuit comprising a standard cell, the standard cell comprising: first and second active regions having different conductivity types and extending in a first direction; first, second, and third conductive lines extending over the first and second active regions in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and disposed parallel to each other; and a cutting layer extending in the first direction between the first and second active regions and separating the first conductive line into a first upper conductive line and a first lower conductive line, the second conductive line into a second upper conductive line and a second lower conductive line, and the third conductive line into a third upper conductive line and a third lower conductive line; wherein: the first upper conductive line and the third lower conductive line are electrically connected together; and the second upper conductive line and the second lower conductive line are electrically connected together.