Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sense amplifier for nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
- Patent Title (中): 用于非易失性半导体存储器件的感应放大器
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Application No.: US13715471Application Date: 2012-12-14
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Publication No.: US09001588B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Eui-Seung Kim , Ji-Sung Kim , SeEun O
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonngi-Do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonngi-Do
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2012-0011923 20120206
- Main IPC: G11C16/06
- IPC: G11C16/06 ; G11C7/00 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C27/00 ; G11C16/28 ; G11C11/56

Abstract:
A sense amplifier circuit of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device is provided. The sense amplifier circuit includes a reference voltage generator, a sensing voltage generator and a comparator. The sensing voltage generator outputs a sensing voltage to a sensing node depending on a current flowing through a data line. A load transistor supplying a current to the data line is directly connected to a clamping node. The load transistor is included in a current mirror circuit. In a read operation, a low voltage drive operation is performed and a sensing speed and power consumption are properly controlled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130201761A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER FOR NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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