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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei Province, CN;

Inventors:

Yuan Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jen-Tai Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); H03H 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01); H03H 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensing circuit includes a plurality of cascode transistors including: a Flash memory cell; a sensing node; and an NMOS. The sensing circuit further includes a charge pump for generating an output voltage. A first output voltage is directly input to the plurality of cascode transistors during programming, and a second output voltage of the charge pump is coupled to a gate of the NMOS during a read to bias the NMOS. A sensing amplifier has an input coupled to the sensing node for receiving read data of the Flash memory cell when the NMOS is biased. A low-pass filter is coupled between the second output voltage of the charge pump and the gate of the NMOS.


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