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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ashraf B. Islam, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Jaydip B. Patel, Folsom, CA (US);
Balaji Srinivasan, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); G11C 16/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/12 (2013.01); H03F 3/45071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing circuit for sensing an analog signal includes a level shifter that shifts the analog signal from a high voltage domain to a low voltage domain. The signal originates from the high voltage domain, and is passed to the low voltage domain through the level shifter. A source line provides the analog signal, which can be selectively switched into a sense amplifier circuit. The sense amplifier is in the low voltage domain and generates a digital output to represent the sensed analog signal.