Patent ID: 7764087

Claim:
A domino logic circuit comprising: a precharge circuit for precharging a dynamic node to a predetermined value; an input circuit having at least one input and at least one output, the at least one output in communication with the dynamic node, the input circuit comprising logic for determining a value of the dynamic node based on the at least one input; an output circuit having at least one input and at least one output, the at least one input in communication with the dynamic node; and wherein a voltage swing at the dynamic node is different from a voltage swing at the output for the output circuit, wherein at least one transistor in the precharge circuit or the output circuit has a higher threshold voltage than at least some of the transistors in the input circuit in order to reduce short-circuit current, and wherein the voltage swing at the dynamic node is less than the voltage swing at the output for the output circuit, wherein the voltage swing at the dynamic node comprises a dynamic node high voltage and a dynamic node low voltage, wherein the voltage swing at the output comprises an output node high voltage and an output node low voltage, wherein the dynamic node high voltage is less than the output node high voltage; and wherein the dynamic node low voltage is greater than the output node low voltage.