Dual mode operation having power saving and active modes in a stacked circuit topology with logic preservation

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PATENT NO 9997218
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15711135

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A system for dual mode operation having power saving and active modes in a stacked circuit topology having logic preservation is provided. The system includes a pre-charge circuit and a sleep mode control circuit for providing a signal to disable a plurality of circuit elements and switching a mode of the system, the sleep mode control circuit being coupled to the pre-charge circuit and further being coupled to a logic function circuit, wherein the plurality of circuit elements comprise logic gates and transistor devices. The system also includes a keeper circuit coupled to the global bitline, and the logic function circuit coupled to a solar bitline, wherein the logic function circuit preserves a state of the solar bitline, the state of the global bitline determines the state of the solar bitline. The system includes an effective pull-up transistor coupled to the sleep mode control circuit and the logic function circuit.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONOLD ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK N Y 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bunce, Paul A Poughkeepsie, US 38 512
Chan, Yuen H Poughkeepsie, US 70 867
Davis, John D Maybrook, US 160 2399
Penth, Silke Holzgerlingen, DE 15 24
Schmitt, David E Rochester, US 6 5
Werner, Tobias Weil im Schoenbuch, DE 48 348
Yavoich, Brian J Highland, US 5 2

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