Reducing power and area consumption of gated clock enabled...

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2002-10-22

2004-06-22

Nguyen, Linh M. (Department: 2816)

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Particular stable state circuit

C327S203000

Reexamination Certificate

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06753714

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to design of integrated circuits, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for reducing power and area consumption of gated clock enabled flip-flops.


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