Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robust adaptive method and circuit for controlling a timing window for enabling operation of sense amplifier
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Application No.: US16596989Application Date: 2019-10-09
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Publication No.: US11195576B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Shishir Kumar , Bhupender Singh
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiphol
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiphol
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: G11C11/419
- IPC: G11C11/419 ; G11C11/417

Abstract:
A sense amplifier enable signal and a tracking signal are generated in response to an indication that a sufficient voltage difference has developed across bit lines of a memory. The sense amplifier enable signal has a pulse width between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The sense amplifier enable signal is propagated along a first U-turn signal line that extends parallel to rows of the memory array and is coupled to sense amplifiers arranged in a row to generate a sense amplifier enable return signal. The tracking signal is propagated along a second U-turn signal line extending parallel to columns of the memory array to generate a tracking return signal. The sense amplifier enable return signal and the tracking return signal are logically combined to generate a reset signal. Timing of the trailing edge of the pulse width is controlled by the reset signal.
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