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  • Patent number: 6043696
    Abstract: A method of implementing a single phase edge-triggered dual-rail dynamic flip-flop circuit for use with dynamic logic gates includes receiving a data-input signal and a clock signal. During the precharge phase, an input stage provides an output signal that is the complement of the data input signal. When the data input signal is provided by a dynamic logic gate, the input stage output signal is precharged to a logic high level. During the evaluation phase, an output signal that either remains at a logic high level or else transitions from high-to-low is generated by the input stage. The output signal and the clock signal are received by the precharge stage from the input stage. During the precharge phase, a logic high level output signal is generated the precharge stage independently of the signal received from the input stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventors: Edgardo F. Klass, Chaim NMI Amir