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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thinh Tran, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ebrahim Abedifard, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory slices, each memory slice including one or more memory sectors and a read circuit for sensing the resistance state of a magnetic memory cell in the memory sectors. The read circuit includes a first input node through which a reference current passes; a second input node through which a read current from the memory sectors passes; a sense amplifier configured to compare input voltages and having first and second input terminals; a reference resistor connected to the first input node at one end and the first input terminal at the other end; a variable current source connected to the reference resistor at one end and ground at the other end; and a second current source connected to the second input node at one end and ground at the other end.


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