发明授权
US5532623A Sense amplifier with read current tracking and zero standby power
consumption
失效
具有读取电流跟踪和零待机功耗的感应放大器
- 专利标题: Sense amplifier with read current tracking and zero standby power consumption
- 专利标题(中): 具有读取电流跟踪和零待机功耗的感应放大器
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申请号: US330211申请日: 1994-10-21
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公开(公告)号: US5532623A公开(公告)日: 1996-07-02
- 发明人: Manik Advani , Cuong Trinh
- 申请人: Manik Advani , Cuong Trinh
- 申请人地址: CA Fremont
- 专利权人: WaferScale Integration, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: WaferScale Integration, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: CA Fremont
- 主分类号: G11C7/06
- IPC分类号: G11C7/06 ; G11C16/28 ; G11C29/02 ; G11C29/50 ; G01R19/00
摘要:
A sense amplifier includes: a pull-down device which contains a reference cell which is structurally identical to the PLD cells being sensed; and a pull-up device connected to form a current mirror which causes a saturation current of the pull-up device to be zero or greater than the current through the sensed cell. The pull-down device has a saturation current which tracks the current through the sensed cell. When current flows through the sensed cell, saturation current through the pull-up device exceeds the saturation current through the pull-down device, and an output node is pulled up. When no current flows through the sensed cell, no current flow through the pull-up device, and the pull-down device pulls the output node down. As a result, the sense amplifier exhibits a variable trip point which tracks variations cause by changes in device fabrication process, temperature, and power supply voltage. The reference cell in the sense amplifier conducts a current only during sensing, and therefore consumes no standby power.
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