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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yutaka Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
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.