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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jyhfong Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 57 ; 327 55 ;
Abstract
A sense amplifier circuit is incorporated within a computer system and utilizes a latch coupled to an equalizing transistor that operates in the triode region and initially equalizes the sense amplifier circuit data outputs, the latch subsequently develops a voltage difference in response to a control signal, deactivation of the control signal then turns off the equalizing transistor thereby allowing the latch circuit to lock the developed voltage differential to full-swing across the sense amplifier data outputs.