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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 54 ; 327 52 ; 327 65 ;
Abstract
In a sense amplifier, collectors of a first pair of transistors are connected to and drive the bases of a pair of output transistors, and the bases of the first pair of transistors and the emitters of the pair of output transistors are coupled to input nodes of the sense amplifier. The speed of the sense amplifier is enhanced over the prior art because changes in currents (or voltages) on the input nodes change both the emitter and base voltages of the pair of output transistors.