Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage shifting sense amplifier for SRAM VMIN improvement
- Patent Title (中): 用于SRAM VMIN改进的电压移位读出放大器
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Application No.: US13324550Application Date: 2011-12-13
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Publication No.: US08625373B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Russell J. Schreiber
- Applicant: Russell J. Schreiber
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Abel Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
A sense amplifier for a SRAM device includes a PMOS differential pair and an NMOS differential pair to support operation with bit line precharge voltage as low as a few hundred millivolts without performance degradation, and generates a full rail output signal without any additional level shifter circuits. The PMOS differential amplifier includes tail current device coupled to a voltage higher than the bit line precharge voltage, and the NMOS differential amplifier includes tail current device coupled to a voltage lower than the bit line precharge voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130148452A1 VOLTAGE SHIFTING SENSE AMPLIFIER FOR SRAM VMIN IMPROVEMENT Public/Granted day:2013-06-13
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