Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-bit flip-flop with power saving feature
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Application No.: US17225101Application Date: 2021-04-07
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Publication No.: US11714125B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Kin-Hooi Dia , Yi-Horng Chiou
- Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: G01R31/317
- IPC: G01R31/317 ; G01R31/3177 ; G01R31/3185 ; H03K3/012 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
A multi-bit flip-flop (MBFF) has flip-flops connected to form an internal scan chain. One of the flip-flops outputs a first data-out signal at a first data output terminal of the MBFF, and includes a selection circuit, a latch-based circuit, and a data-out stage circuit. The selection circuit transmits a data signal or a test signal to an output node of the selection circuit to serve as an input signal. The latch-based circuit generates a first signal according to the input signal. The data-out stage circuit receives the first signal, and generates the data-out signal according to the first signal. When the MBFF operates in a test mode, the selection circuit transmits the test signal to serve as the input signal, and the data-out stage circuit keeps the data-out signal at a fixed voltage level regardless of a voltage level of the test signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210359667A1 MULTI-BIT FLIP-FLOP WITH POWER SAVING FEATURE Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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