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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. 08, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Fabio Enrico Carlo Disegni, Spino d'adda, IT;

Cesare Torti, Pavia, IT;

Davide Manfré, Pandino, IT;

Assignee:

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0026 (2013.01); G11C 13/0028 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0042 (2013.01); G11C 2207/005 (2013.01); G11C 2213/79 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a memory device includes a first sense amplifier, a second sense amplifier, a first lower switch arranged between a first lower main bit line and a first input of the first sense amplifier, a second lower switch arranged between the first lower main bit line and a first input of the second sense amplifier, a first upper switch arranged between a first upper main bit line and the first input of the first sense amplifier, a second upper switch arranged between the first upper main bit line and the first input of the second sense amplifier, a third lower switch arranged between a second lower main bit line to a second input of the first sense amplifier, and a third upper switch arranged between a second upper main bit line to a second input of the second sense amplifier.


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