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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis R Wilson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Ramtron International Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523006 ; 36518906 ; 365207 ; 36523008 ;
Abstract
A method of driving a sense amplifier having at least one input/output node and at least one latch node the method includes the steps of initially setting the latch node to a first logic state such that the sense amplifier is disabled, adjusting the latch node voltage in one or more discrete levels, and finally setting the latch node to a second logic state such that the sense amplifier is enabled.