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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Yutaka Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/067 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01); H01L 29/7391 (2013.01);
Abstract

A two-stage gated-diode sense amplifier includes a first transistor connected to an input node, a second transistor connected to a boost node, the input node and a setting line, a first inverter including a third transistor connected to a power supply voltage (VDD), a first output corresponding to the first inverter and the setting line, and a fourth transistor connected to ground, the first output and the setting line, a fifth transistor connected to the first output, the first transistor and the boost node, and a second associated with a second output corresponding to the second inverter, the second inverter including a sixth transistor connected to VDD, the second output and the first output, and a seventh transistor connected to ground, the second output and the first output.


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