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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
May. 30, 1991
Evert Seevinck, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a sense amplifier which has an equalizing effect on voltages on the inputs of the sense amplifier, in particular during readout of the sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a parallel connection of a first and second current branch, each current branch including a control transistor, the source of which is connected to a relevant input, and the gate of which is connected to the drain of the control transistor in the other current branch, and a load transistor, whose gate receives a selection signal being connected in each said current branch in series with the control transistor. During readout, the gate of the load transistor is driven so as to make the channel of the load transistor conductive.