US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Jan. 27 for "Single pin clock-free retention flip-flop" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,516, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Single pin clock-free retention flip-flop" was invented by Rohit Kumar Gupta (Noida, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention flip flop includes a first latch, a second latch, and a retention latch. The first and second latches are powered by an interruptible primary supply voltage while the retention latch is powered by a secondary supply voltage that is not interrupted. The retention flip-flop receives a single retention control signal that controls whether the flip-flop is in a standard mode or a retention mode. In the retention mode, ...