Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sense amplifier
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Application No.: US16211524Application Date: 2018-12-06
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Publication No.: US10770161B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Chia-Wei Wang , Shu-Lin Lai , Yi-Te Chiu
- Applicant: MEDIATEK Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C17/00
- IPC: G11C17/00 ; G11C17/18 ; G11C7/06

Abstract:
A sense amplifier for reading a via Read-Only Memory (Via-ROM) is provided. The sense amplifier includes a read circuit, an adaptive keeper circuit and a leakage monitor circuit. The read circuit is connected to the via-ROM. The adaptive keeper circuit is connected to the read circuit. The leakage monitor circuit is connected to the adaptive keeper circuit for forming a current mirror, such that the adaptive keeper circuit compensates a read voltage of a memory cell whose via is opened when a bit-line leakage is happened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190108890A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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