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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Seok Joon Kang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sense amplifier may be provided. The sense amplifier may include an amplification circuit and/or a cell current control circuit. The amplification circuit may be configured to compare a voltage level of a signal line with a level of a read voltage. The cell current control circuit may be configured to decrease the voltage level of the signal line based on an output signal.