US 6,441,646 B1 · Structure and method of alternating precharge in dynamic SOI circuits

Abstract

A structure and method for reducing bipolar current in of a SOI circuit by alternating precharge low and precharge high methodologies comprises a reset signal source coupled to an inverter and a primary node, further coupled to a first and second PFET device; a clock signal source; coupled to a first NFET device and a third PFET device; a first input signal source coupled to a second NFET device and a fourth PFET device; a first NFET stack node coupled to the third PFET device, the first NFET device, the primary node, and the second NFET device; a second input signal source coupled to a third NFET device; a fifth PFET device coupled to the fourth PFET device; a power supply voltage source coupled to the fifth PFET device; and a second NFET node coupled to the fourth PFET device, the second NFET device, and the third NFET device.

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Dependent claims

A SOI (silicon-on-insulator) circuit for reducing bipolar current comprising:

a first input signal source;
a first NFET device coupled to said first input signal source;
a first PFET device coupled to said first input signal source;
a second input signal source;
a second NFET device coupled to said second input signal source;
a second PFET device coupled to said second input signal source;
a first NFET stack node coupled to said first PFET device, said first NFET device, and said second NFET device;
a third input signal source;
a third NFET device coupled to said third input signal source;
a third PFET device coupled to said second PFET device;
a power supply voltage source coupled to said third PFET device;
and
a second NFET stack node coupled to said second PFET device, said second NFET device, and said third NFET device.

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Structure and method of alternating precharge in dynamic SOI circuits

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Structure and method of alternating precharge in dynamic SOI circuits

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