Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensing circuit with voltage clamp for non-volatile memory
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Application No.: US15942837Application Date: 2018-04-02
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Publication No.: US10410697B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Chih-Chun Chen , Chun-Hung Lin , Cheng-Da Huang
- Applicant: eMemory Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Current Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: WPAT, PC
- Main IPC: G11C16/26
- IPC: G11C16/26 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C16/32 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C7/22 ; H01L27/06 ; H01L27/112 ; G06F21/73 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C7/12 ; G11C7/24 ; G11C17/16 ; G11C17/18 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C29/44 ; G11C16/08 ; G11C16/24 ; H02H9/04 ; G06F7/00 ; H04L9/08 ; G11C16/06 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C16/14

Abstract:
A sensing circuit includes a sensing stage. The sensing stage includes a voltage clamp, a P-type transistor and an N-type transistor. The voltage clamp receives a first power supply voltage and generates a second power supply voltage. The source terminal of the P-type transistor receives the second power supply voltage. The gate terminal of the P-type transistor receives a cell current from a selected circuit of a non-volatile memory. The drain terminal of the N-type transistor is connected with the drain terminal of the P-type transistor. The gate terminal of the N-type transistor receives a bias voltage. The source terminal of the N-type transistor receives a ground voltage. In a sensing period, the second power supply voltage from the voltage clamp is fixed and lower than the first power supply voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180315482A1 SENSING CIRCUIT FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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