Patent ID: 7907461

Claim:
A method of preventing an unintentional state change in a data storage node of a latch, the method comprising: receiving a reference input signal at a signal generator; coupling the reference input signal at a first output of the signal generator to control a first data storage node of the latch; generating, using the signal generator, a delayed input signal based upon the reference input signal, wherein the delayed input signal is offset relative to the reference input signal and a high state of the delayed input signal is generated at a time when a high state of the reference input signal is generated; coupling the delayed input signal at a second output of the signal generator to control a second data storage node of the latch; maintaining a state of the first data storage node of a plurality of data storage nodes by latching data at the first data storage node using the reference input signal; and maintaining a state of the second data storage node of the plurality of data storage nodes by latching data at the second data storage node using the delayed input signal.