Patent ID: 6982583

Claim:
A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) circuit fabricated on a silicon substrate, comprising: first circuitry implemented using current-controlled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (C 3 MOS) logic wherein logic levels are signaled by current steering in one of two or more branches in response to differential input signals, the first circuitry is operable to process a first signal thereby generating a second signal; second circuitry coupled to the first circuitry and implemented using conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic wherein substantially zero static current is dissipated, the second circuitry is operable to process the second signal thereby generating a third signal; wherein the first circuitry is coupled to a first power supply voltage; wherein the second circuitry is coupled to a second power supply voltage that is different than the first power supply voltage; and wherein the first power supply voltage is higher in magnitude than the second power supply.