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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Neo Semiconductor, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-Chang Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
NEO Semiconductor, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a novel memory array are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is provided for reading a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) array. The method includes activating the bit line select gates to equalize voltage levels on a plurality of bit lines, deactivating the bit line select gates to maintain the equalized voltage levels on the plurality of bit lines using a bit line capacitance associated with each bit line, and activating a selected word line to access selected memory cells connected to the selected word line. The method also includes activating bit line select gates to pass first data from a first bit line and second data from a second bit line to the sense amplifier. The first data is from a selected memory cell and the second data is reference data. The method also includes determining sensed data from the first and second data.