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- Patent Title: Sense amplifier and operation method thereof
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Application No.: US17694771Application Date: 2022-03-15
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Publication No.: US11848046B2Publication Date: 2023-12-19
- Inventor: Han-Wen Hu
- Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C16/16
- IPC: G11C16/16 ; G11C11/4091 ; G11C11/4096 ; G11C11/4074 ; G11C11/4099

Abstract:
The application provides a sense amplifier and an operation method thereof. The operation method for the sense amplifier includes: during a first phase, initializing a first sensing input voltage and a second input sensing voltage; and recording a first sensing output voltage and a second sensing output voltage of a previous round by charges stored in a plurality of transistors of the sense amplifier; during a second phase, sampling the first sensing output voltage and the second sensing output voltage of a current round as a plurality of transit points; during a first sub-phase of a third phase, amplifying a voltage difference between an input signal and a first reference voltage; and during a second sub-phase of the third phase, pulling the first sensing output voltage and the second sensing output voltage into a full-swing voltage range, and recording charges to the transistors of the sense amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230298660A1 SENSE AMPLIFIER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2023-09-21
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