Apparatus to shift to pre-charge mode a dynamic circuit driven by one-shot clock signal during power off mode
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsYonghee Im, Kyung T. Lee, Han Bin Kim
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AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsYonghee Im, Kyung T. Lee, Han Bin Kim
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A method and apparatus for shifting a dynamic circuit, driven by a one-shot clock, to a pre-charge mode, during a power-off mode, is provided. Under certain conditions, a floating node may be present in a dynamic circuit. One approach to prevent floating nodes involves the generation of a new one-shot clock signal that is supplied to the last dynamic circuit in the series of dynamic circuits before the output flop (“the final dynamic circuit”). The new one-shot clock signal is driven to a logical low value when the power-off signal has a logical high value. Another approach to prevent floating nodes involves modifying the final dynamic circuit to include a structure that, when the power-off signal has a logical high value, drives the dynamic node to either a logical high value or a logical low value to prevent the dynamic node from becoming a floating node.
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