Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time interleaved sampling of sense amplifier circuits, memory devices and methods of operating memory devices
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Application No.: US16782365Application Date: 2020-02-05
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Publication No.: US11024365B1Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Younghun Seo , Bokyeon Won , Dongil Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C11/4076 ; G11C11/4094

Abstract:
Provided are a time interleaved sampling sense amplifier and a memory device including the same. The sense amplifier senses a voltage stored in the memory cell as 1-bit data or a most significant bit (MSB) and a least significant bit (LSB) of 2-bit data and latches the same to a sensing bit line and a complementary sensing bit line. The sense amplifier includes a first sense amplifier that samples a voltage change of a first bit line when the odd equalizing signal is disabled and a second sense amplifier that samples a voltage change of a second bit line when the even equalizing signal is disabled. The first sense amplifier and the second sense amplifier are alternately arranged, and the odd equalizing signal and the even equalizing signal are disabled with a certain time difference.
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