发明名称 Clock gating by usage of implied constants
摘要 A circuit Θ is coupled to an individual node Nin, in a circuit for which repeated logical values of that individual node can be identified as having a set of flip-flops Fj dependent thereon, with the effect that if the individual node Nin remains unchanged for one or more clock cycles, the set of dependent flip-flops Fj can be disabled for the second and succeeding clock cycles. The circuit Θ conditionally generates a clock-enabling signal Nout in response thereto. One such circuit Θ conditionally includes a logical controller, whose output is coupled using a fan-out node to both an input to a state machine and a fan-in logic circuit (such as an AND gate). The flip-flop is clocked normally; its output is coupled to that same fan-in logic circuit, whose output Nout is coupled to the set of dependent flip-flops Fj.
申请公布号 US7710156(B1) 申请公布日期 2010.05.04
申请号 US20080343249 申请日期 2008.12.23
申请人 ENVIS CORPORATION 发明人 SAVOJ HAMID;BERTHELOT DAVID
分类号 H03K19/00 主分类号 H03K19/00
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