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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Jong-Hoon Oh, Fremont, CA (US);
Sitaram Kamath, San Jose, CA (US);
Hyundai Electronics America, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An amplifier circuit that maintains high speed and reduces power consumption while operating with reduced voltages is disclosed. Broadly, the amplifier circuit of the present invention includes a set-up circuit that performs a level shift on the input signal and applies it to the inputs of a sense amplifier in a cross-coupled fashion. The circuit operates such that one leg of the precharged sense amplifier output discharges in response to the input without a counteracting charging action by the other leg of the sense amplifier output. The amplifier circuit thus operates at higher speed and with no crowbar current even with input signals of smaller magnitude.