Method to Reduce Leakage Within a Sequential Network and Latch Circuit

Abstract

A method to reduce leakage within a sequential network comprising at least one latch and a combinatorial logic proximate to said latch, by applying an input vector on said sequential network during idle mode is described, the method comprising the steps of: overriding a static feedback of a latch comprising a static feedback loop with an input vector, and setting said sequential network into idle mode. Furthermore a latch circuit comprising a static feedback loop, to be used to perform said method is described, wherein said latch circuit comprises means to override a static feedback within said static feedback loop with an input vector before falling in idle mode.

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