Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sense amplifiers, memories, and apparatuses and methods for sensing a data state of a memory cell
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Application No.: US14333164Application Date: 2014-07-16
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Publication No.: US09406353B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Daniele Vimercati
- 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: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/06
- IPC: G11C7/06 ; H03F3/45 ; G11C7/08 ; G11C7/12

Abstract:
Sense amplifiers, memories, and apparatuses and methods for sensing a data state of a memory cell are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a differential amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between voltages applied to first and second amplifier input nodes to provide an output. The example apparatus further includes first and second capacitances coupled to the first and second amplifier input nodes. A switch block coupled to the first and second capacitances is configured to couple during a first phase a reference input node to the first and second capacitances and to the first amplifier input node. The switch block is further configured to couple during the first phase an output of the amplifier to the second amplifier input node to establish a compensation condition. During a second phase, the switch block couples its input nodes to the first and second capacitances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140328134A1 Sense Amplifiers, Memories, and Apparatuses and Methods for Sensing a Data State of a Memory Cell Public/Granted day:2014-11-06
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