- Patent Title: Sense amplifier layout designs and related apparatuses and methods
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Application No.: US17547574Application Date: 2021-12-10
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Publication No.: US11948657B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Christopher G. Wieduwilt , Eric J. Schultz
- 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: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: G11C7/06
- IPC: G11C7/06 ; G11C7/08 ; G11C7/12 ; H01L27/088 ; G06F30/392

Abstract:
Sense amplifier layout designs and related apparatuses and methods. An apparatus includes a cross-coupled pair of pull-up transistors of a sense amplifier, a cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors of the sense amplifier, and a pair of conductive lines electrically connecting the cross-coupled pair of pull-up transistors to the cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors. The apparatus also includes a sense amplifier control transistors sharing a continuous active material with one of the cross-coupled pair of pull-up transistors or the cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors. A method includes asserting a shared control gate terminal of sense amplifier control transistors sharing a continuous active material with the cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors, applying a pre-charge voltage potential to the pair of conductive lines, electrically connecting memory cells to the pre-charged pair of bit lines, and amplifying electrical charges delivered to the pair of bit lines by the memory cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230186956A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER LAYOUT DESIGNS AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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