Inventors:
John T. Petersen - Fort Collins CO, US
Hassan Naser - Fort Collins CO, US
Jonathan P Lotz - Fort Collins CO, US
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX
International Classification:
G11C 7/10, G11C 11/00, G06F 11/08, H03K 5/22
US Classification:
36518905, 365 63, 365154, 36518908, 365194, 365206, 327 57, 327 64, 327 76, 714 6, 714797, 714820
Abstract:
In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a circuit and method for a high reliability triple redundant latch with integrated testability. Three settable memory elements set an identical logical value into each settable memory element. After the settable memory elements are set, three voting structures with inputs from the first, second, and third settable memory elements, determine the logical value held on each of the settable memory elements. Data may be scanned into and out of the second settable memory element. Data is propagated through the buffer into the third settable memory element. The third settable memory element may be used to scan data out of the triple redundant latch. The propagation delay through a latch is the only propagation delay of the triple redundant latch.