Assertion: latch | /r/ObjectUse | used as the storage elements
Facets:
value: on top of that
type: OTHER
value: almost exclusively
type: DEGREE
value: for clock or power gating circuits
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: On top of that, latches are almost exclusively used as the storage elements for clock or power gating circuits; they require less area/power than a flip-flop and accomplish the required job of storing a value (enable signal generally) across a half-cycle boundary.