Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flip-flop and semiconductor system including the same
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Application No.: US15623412Application Date: 2017-06-15
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Publication No.: US10651828B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Hyun-Chul Hwang , Ah-Reum Kim , Min-Su Kim
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Volentine, Whitt & Francos, PLLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@63e63f7c
- Main IPC: H03K3/012
- IPC: H03K3/012 ; H03K3/3562 ; H03K3/356 ; H03K19/21

Abstract:
A flip-flop generates a first feedback signal using a signal generated inside the flip-flop. The flip-flop includes a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit and a third stage circuit. The first stage circuit receives a first data signal and a clock signal and generates a first internal signal through a first node. The second stage circuit receives the first internal signal, the clock signal, and the first feedback signal and generates a second internal signal through a second node. The third stage circuit generates a second data signal by latching the second internal signal when the clock signal is at a first level, using the second internal signal and the clock signal. The second stage circuit cuts off at least one first current path between the second node and a power supply, based on the first feedback signal, when the clock signal is at a second level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180123569A1 FLIP-FLOP AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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