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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Jose A. Rodriguez-Latorre, Dallas, TX (US);
Hugh P. McAdams, McKinney, TX (US);
Manish Goel, Plano, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a memory device having a memory array that includes a first memory cell coupled to a first bit line and a second memory cell coupled to a second bit line and a sense amplifier that includes first and second transistors arranged in a cross-coupled configuration with third and fourth transistors, the first and second transistors being of a first conductivity type and the third and fourth transistors being of a second conductivity type, a first inverter having an input coupled to a first common drain terminal of the first and third transistors and an output coupled to the first bit line, and a second inverter having an input coupled to a second common drain terminal of the second and fourth transistors and an output coupled to the second bit line.