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US09087579B1 Sense amplifiers employing control circuitry for decoupling resistive memory sense inputs during state sensing to prevent current back injection, and related methods and systems
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采用控制电路的感应放大器,用于在状态检测期间去耦电阻性存储器感测输入,以防止电流反向注入,以及相关方法和系统
- Patent Title: Sense amplifiers employing control circuitry for decoupling resistive memory sense inputs during state sensing to prevent current back injection, and related methods and systems
- Patent Title (中): 采用控制电路的感应放大器,用于在状态检测期间去耦电阻性存储器感测输入,以防止电流反向注入,以及相关方法和系统
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Application No.: US14165702Application Date: 2014-01-28
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Publication No.: US09087579B1Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: Wenqing Wu , Venkatasubramanian Narayanan , Kendrick Hoy Leong Yuen
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00 ; G11C13/00 ; G11C11/16

Abstract:
Sense amplifiers employing control circuitry for decoupling resistive memory sense inputs during state sensing to prevent current back injection, and related methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, sense amplifier is provided. The sense amplifier comprises a differential sense input coupled to bit line. The sense amplifier also comprises a differential reference input coupled to reference line. First inverter inverts first inverter input into first inverter output coupled to second inverter input of second inverter, first inverter output configured to provide state of bitcell. Second inverter inverts second inverter input into second inverter output coupled to first inverter input. Control circuit couples differential reference input to first inverter and differential sense input to second inverter in latch mode, and decouples differential reference input to first inverter and differential sense input to second inverter in sensing mode to provide sensed state of bitcell on first inverter output.
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