Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sense amplifier schemes for accessing memory cells
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Application No.: US16504854Application Date: 2019-07-08
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Publication No.: US11270740B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Kyoichi Nagata
- 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: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/08
- IPC: G11C7/08 ; G11C11/22 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C7/12 ; G11C7/14 ; G11C11/4093 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C11/406

Abstract:
A sense component of a memory device in accordance with the present disclosure may selectively employ components having a relatively high voltage isolation characteristic in a portion of the sense component associated with relatively higher voltage signals (e.g., signals associated with accessing a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) cell), and components having a relatively low voltage isolation characteristic in a portion of the sense component associated with relatively lower voltage signals (e.g., input/output signals according to some memory architectures). Voltage isolation characteristics may include isolation voltage, activation threshold voltage, a degree of electrical insulation, and others, and may refer to such characteristics as a nominal value or a threshold value. In some examples the sense component may include transistors, and the voltage isolation characteristics may be based at least in part on gate insulation thickness of the transistors in each portion of the sense component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190385650A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER SCHEMES FOR ACCESSING MEMORY CELLS Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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