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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Massimiliano Frulio, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); H03K 19/21 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2013.01); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01); G11C 7/1051 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); H03K 19/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-timed sensing architecture for reading a selected cell in an array of non-volatile cells is disclosed. The sensing circuitry generates a signal when a stable sensing value has been obtained from the selected cell, where the stable sensing value indicates the value stored in the selected cell. The signal indicates the end of the sensing operation, causing the stable sensing value to be output as the result of the read operation.