1. A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including:
A. a paper board component defining a plurality of panels arranged end to end, said panels having opposite flat faces and being separated from each other by spine strips which are bounded by fold lines to allow the panels to be folded upon one another such that, in the folded configuration, the package resembles a closed book, the outwardly facing face of the last panel to be folded to form the closed book configuration comprising an outer cover of said book;
B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium attached to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium attached to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration;
C. said first and second plastic trays defining:
(i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface;
(ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface, said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray, the separation between the planar surfaces of said plastic trays being determined by the height of said wall portions; and
(iii) means at corresponding locations on the wall portions of said first and second plastic trays for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and
D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.
2. A storage package, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays has a circular recess formed therein for receiving said recording medium and a rosette within said recess for releasably holding said recording medium in said recess.
3. A storage package, as claimed in claim 2, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays further includes finger wells communicating with and extending outwardly from said recess for allowing the insertion of fingers therein when removing said recording medium from said recess.
4. A storage package, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for releasably latching comprises protrusions on the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray engaging correspondingly located protrusions on the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray.
5. A storage package, as claimed in claim 1, wherein multiple recording media comprise at least four recording media.
6. A storage package, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plastic trays are adhesively attached to said panels.
7. A storage package, as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one plastic tray faces at least one panel when said storage package is in the folded configuration.
8. A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including:
A. a paper board component defining a flat panel having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides, said panel including a first panel area for attachment of a first plastic, recording medium-holding tray and a second panel area for attachment of a second plastic, recording medium-holding tray, said first and second plastic trays being separated by a third panel area for defining the spine of said book;
B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration;
C. said first and second plastic trays defining:
(i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface, an area in the planar surface for receiving a recording medium therein and means in said area for releasably retaining said recording medium in said area;
(ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface for defining a spacing rim for separating peripheral marginal areas from interior areas of said planar surface, said wall portions being positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface;
(iii) said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray and the tops of the wall portions of the first plastic tray engage the marginal edges of the planar surfaces of said second plastic tray, the separation between the planar surfaces of said plastic trays being determined by the height of said first plastic tray wall portions; and
(iv) means on said wall portions of said first and second plastic trays for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and
D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.
9. A storage package, as claimed in claim 8, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays has a circular recess formed therein for receiving said recording medium and a rosette within said recess for releasably holding said recording medium in said recess.
10. A storage package, as claimed in claim 9, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays further includes diametrically opposed finger wells communicating with and extending outwardly from said recess for allowing the insertion of fingers therein when removing said recording medium from said recess.
11. A storage package, as claimed in claim 8, wherein said planar surface has a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides for forming said marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface.
12. A storage package, as claimed in claim 11, wherein said wall portions are positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface and extending continuously along the opposed lateral sides, one of said transverse sides, and along transversely spaced segments of the opposite transverse side, said spaced segments extending inwardly from each of the opposed lateral sides.
13. A storage package, as claimed in claim 12, wherein the ends of the spaced segments and the planar surfaces define therebetween an elongate, transversely extending slot when said first and second plastic trays are brought together.
14. A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including:
A. a paper board component defining a flat panel having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides, said panel including a first panel area for attachment of a first plastic, recording medium-holding tray and a second panel area for attachment of a second plastic, recording medium-holding tray, said first and second plastic trays being separated by a third panel area for defining the spine of said book;
B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration;
C. said first and second plastic trays defining:
(i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides for forming marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface, an area in the planar surface for receiving a recording medium therein and means in said area for releasably retaining said recording medium in said area;
(ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface for defining a spacing rim for separating peripheral marginal areas from interior areas of said planar surface, said wall portions being positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface and extending continuously along the opposed lateral sides, one of said transverse sides, and along transversely spaced segments of the opposite transverse side, and spaced segments extending inwardly from each of the opposed lateral sides;
(iii) said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray, the ends of the spaced segments and the planar surfaces define therebetween an elongate, transversely extending slot; and
(iv) means on said wall portions of said first and second plastic trays for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and a third panel area of said paperboard component being positioned adjacent the nested spaced segments of said assembled first and second plastic trays; and
D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.
15. A storage package, as claimed in claim 14, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays has a circular recess formed therein for receiving said recording medium and a rosette within said recess for releasably holding said recording medium in said recess.
16. A storage package, as claimed in claim 15, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays further includes finger wells communicating with and extending outwardly from said recess for allowing the insertion of fingers therein when removing said recording medium from said recess.
17. A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including:
A. a paper board component defining a flat panel having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides, said panel including a first panel area for attachment of a first plastic, recording medium-holding tray and a second panel area for attachment of a second plastic, recording medium-holding tray, said first and second plastic trays being separated by a third panel area for defining the spine of said book;
B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration;
C. said first and second plastic trays defining:
(i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides for forming marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface, an area in the planar surface for receiving a recording medium therein and means in said area for releasably retaining said recording medium in said area;
(ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface for defining a spacing rim for separating peripheral marginal areas from interior areas of said planar surface, said wall portions being positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface and extending continuously along the opposed lateral sides, one of said transverse sides, and along transversely spaced segments of the opposite transverse side, said spaced segments extending inwardly from each of the opposed lateral sides;
(iii) said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray, the separation between the planar surfaces of said plastic trays being determined by the height of said first plastic tray wall portions; and
(iv) projections positioned on the outer surface of the wall portions of the spaced segments of said second plastic tray and projections at corresponding locations on the inner surface of the wall portions of the spaced segments of said first plastic tray for snap fitting one over the other for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and a third panel area of said paperboard component being positioned adjacent the nested spaced segments of said assembled first and second plastic trays; and
D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.
18. A storage package, as claimed in claim 17, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays has a circular recess formed therein for receiving said recording medium and a rosette within said recess for releasably holding said recording medium in said recess.
19. A storage package, as claimed in claim 18, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays further includes diametrically opposed finger wells communicating with and extending outwardly from said recess for allowing the insertion of fingers therein when removing said recording medium from said recess.
20. A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including:
A. a paper board component defining a flat panel having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides, said panel including a first panel area for attachment of a first plastic, recording medium-holding tray and a second panel area for attachment of a second plastic, recording medium-holding tray, said first and second plastic trays being separated by a third panel area for defining the spine of said book;
B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium bonded to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration;
C. said first and second plastic trays defining:
(i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides for forming marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface, an area in the planar surface for receiving a recording medium therein and means in said area for releasably retaining said recording medium in said area;
(ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface for defining a spacing rim for separating peripheral marginal areas from interior areas of said planar surface, said wall portions being positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface and extending continuously along the opposed lateral sides, one of said transverse sides, and along transversely spaced segments of the opposite transverse side, and spaced segments extending inwardly from each of the opposed lateral sides;
(iii) said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray, the tops of the wall portions of the first plastic tray engage the marginal edges of the planar surface of said second plastic tray and the ends of the spaced segments and the planar surfaces define there between and elongated, transversely extending slot, the separation between the planar surfaces of said plastic trays being determined by the height of said first plastic tray wall portions; and
(iv) projections positioned on the outer surface of the wall portions of the spaced segments of said second plastic tray and projections positioned at corresponding locations on the inner surface of the wall portions of the spaced segments of said first plastic tray for snap fitting one over the other for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and said paperboard component being bonded to said first and second plastic trays with the third panel area of said paperboard component adjacent the nested spaced segments of said assembled first and second plastic trays; and
D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.
21. A storage package, as claimed in claim 20, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays has a circular recess formed therein for receiving said recording medium and a rosette within said recess for releasably holding said recording medium in said recess.
22. A storage package, as claimed in claim 21, wherein said generally planar surface of each of said plastic trays further includes diametrically opposed finger wells communicating with and extending outwardly from said recess for allowing the insertion of fingers therein when removing said recording medium from said recess.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A flip-flop, comprising:
a master latch that has a signal terminal for receiving an input signal, a control input for receiving a clock signal, and an output;
an output circuit having an input coupled to the output of the master latch and having an output that provides an output of the flip-flop;
a slave latch coupled to the output of the master latch, the slave latch comprising:
a first switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the output of the master latch, a second signal terminal, and a control input that receives a power down signal;
a first inverting circuit having an input coupled to the second signal terminal of the first switch and an output;
a second inverting circuit having an input coupled to the output of the first inverting circuit and an output;
a second switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving the clock signal; and
a third switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving the power down signal.
2. The flip-flop of claim 1, wherein the master latch comprises a first plurality of transistors, with at least one transistor of the first plurality of transistors having a first gate dielectric thickness and the slave latch has a second plurality of transistors having a second gate dielectric thickness that is greater than the first gate dielectric thickness.
3. The flip-flop of claim 1, wherein:
the control input of the first switch comprises a true input and a complementary input for receiving complementary and true components of the power down signal, respectively; and
the control input of the third switch comprises a true input and a complementary input for receiving the true and complementary components of the power down signal, respectively.
4. The flip-flop of claim 1, further comprising a fourth switch having a control input for receiving the clock signal and first and second signal terminals coupled between the output of the master latch and the first signal terminal of the first switch.
5. The flip-flop of claim 1, further comprising a first transistor having a first current electrode coupled to the first signal terminal of the first switch, a second current electrode coupled to a reference terminal, and a control gate for receiving the power down signal.
6. The flip-flop of claim 1, further comprising a reset circuit coupled to at least one of the first inverting circuit and the second inverting circuit.
7. The flip-flop of claim 1, further comprising a set circuit coupled to at least one of the first inverting circuit and the second inverting circuit.
8. A flip-flop circuit having a normal mode and a power down mode, comprising:
master latch means for latching an input signal during the normal mode and for being non-functional in response to entering the power down mode, wherein the master latch means comprises a first plurality of transistors having first current leakage; and
slave latch means having an inputoutput terminal coupled to the master latch means, wherein the slave latch means is for latching the signal present in the master latch means during the normal mode and for maintaining the signal that was latched during the normal mode in a latched condition during the power down mode, wherein the slave latch means comprises a second plurality of transistors having a second current leakage that is less than the first current leakage.
9. The flip-flop circuit of claim 8, further comprising a coupling switch for coupling the master latch to the slave latch.
10. The flip-flop of claim 8, wherein the slave latch means comprises:
a first switch having a first signal terminal as the inputoutput terminal, a second signal terminal, and a control input that receives a power down signal;
a first inverting circuit having an input coupled to the second signal terminal of the first switch and an output;
a second inverting circuit having an input coupled to the output of the first inverting circuit and an output;
a second switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving the clock signal; and
a third switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving the power down signal.
11. The flip-flop circuit of claim 10, wherein the slave latch means further comprises a first transistor having a first current electrode coupled to the first signal terminal of the first switch, a second current electrode coupled to a reference terminal, and a control gate for receiving the power down signal.
12. The flip-flop circuit of claim 10, wherein a power supply voltage is applied to the slave latch means at a reduced lower level during the power down mode than during the normal mode.
13. The flip-flop circuit of claim 8, wherein at least one transistor of the first plurality of transistors is characterized as having a first gate dielectric thickness and each of the second plurality of transistors is characterized as having a second gate dielectric thickness, wherein the second gate dielectric thickness is greater than the first gate dielectric thickness.
14. The flip-flop circuit of claim 8, wherein the slave latch means comprises:
a first inverting circuit having an input and an output;
a second inverting circuit having an input coupled to the output of the first inverting circuit and an output;
first coupling means for coupling the input of the first inverting circuit and the output of the second inverting circuit during the power down mode; and
second coupling means for coupling the input of the first inverting circuit to the inputoutput terminal and to the output of the second inverting circuit during the normal mode and for decoupling the input of the first inverting circuit and the output of the second inverting circuit from the inputoutput terminal during the power down mode.
15. The flip-flop circuit of 14, wherein the second coupling means comprises:
a first switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the inputoutput terminal, a second signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving a power down signal;
a second switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the inputoutput terminal, a second signal terminal, and a control input for receiving a clock signal; and
a third switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the second signal terminal of the second switch, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving the power down signal.
16. The flip-flop circuit of claim 14, wherein the second coupling means comprises:
a first switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the inputoutput terminal, a second signal terminal coupled to the input of the first inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving a power down signal; and
a second switch having a first signal terminal coupled to second signal terminal of the first switch, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving a clock signal.
17. The flip-flop circuit of claim 8, wherein the slave latch means comprises
a first inverting circuit having an input coupled to the inputoutput terminal and an output;
a second inverting circuit having an input coupled to the output of the first inverting circuit and an output; and
a first switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the inputoutput terminal, a second signal terminal coupled to the output of the second inverting circuit, and a control input for receiving a logical combination of a clock signal and a power down signal.
18. The flip-flop of claim 17, further comprising a second switch having a first signal terminal coupled to the master latch means, a second signal terminal coupled to the inputoutput terminal, and a control input for receiving the logical combination of the clock signal and the power down signal.
19. The flip-flop circuit of claim 17, further comprising a clocked inverter having an input coupled to the inputoutput terminal and an output for providing an output of the flip-flop circuit, wherein the clocked inverter is clocked to a disabled state by the power down signal.
20. A flip-flop comprising a master latch having an output coupled to a slave latch, wherein power is removed from the master latch during a power down mode, wherein the master latch comprises a first plurality of transistors, at least one transistor of the first plurality of transistors having a first gate dielectric thickness, the slave latch comprising:
an inputoutput terminal;
coupling means comprising a second plurality of transistors, at least one transistor of the second plurality of transistors having a second gate dielectric thickness that is greater than the first gate dielectric thickness; and
a pair of inverters selectively coupled together by the coupling means to latch a signal received from the master latch through the inputoutput terminal during a portion of a normal mode of operation and all of the power down mode of operation, wherein the pair of inverting circuits comprises a third plurality of transistors having the second gate dielectric thickness; and
an output circuit, coupled to the inputoutput terminal, comprising a plurality of transistors having the first gate dielectric thickness.