Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sense amplifier signal boost
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Application No.: US16256850Application Date: 2019-01-24
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Publication No.: US10672435B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Charles Ingalls , Christopher Kawamura
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C7/08 ; G11C7/12 ; G11C5/14 ; G11C5/02 ; G11C7/06

Abstract:
Apparatuses for signal boost are disclosed. An example apparatus includes: first and second digit lines coupled to memory cells; a sense amplifier including: first and second transistors having gates operatively coupled to the first digit line and drains coupled to a first node, sources of the first and second transistors coupled to first and second control lines providing first and second power supply voltage respectively; and third and fourth transistors having gates coupled to the second digit line and drains coupled to a second node, sources of the third and fourth transistors coupled to the first and second control lines respectively; a power line coupled to the first node and the second node; and a power switch providing either the first power supply voltage or a third power supply voltage smaller than the first power supply voltage to the power line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190156869A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER SIGNAL BOOST Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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