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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Inventors:
Emanuela Calvetti, Villa d'adda, IT;
Marcella Carissimi, Treviolo, IT;
Marco Pasotti, Travaco' Siccomario, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 11/1655 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0026 (2013.01); G11C 13/0033 (2013.01); G11C 13/0035 (2013.01); G11C 13/0064 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G11C 7/06 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0042 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0054 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a memory includes: a memory element, a sense amplifier circuit configured to sense a difference during a sense operation between a sense current passing through the memory element and a reference current, and a margin current branch coupled in parallel with the memory element and configured to selectively add a margin current to the sense current.