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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 16/0425 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved sense amplifier for reading values in flash memory cells in an array. In one embodiment, a sense amplifier comprises an improved pre-charge circuit for pre-charging a bit line during a pre-charge period to increase the speed of read operations. In another embodiment, a sense amplifier comprises simplified address decoding circuitry to increase the speed of read operations.