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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Kyung T. Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jason M. Hart, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A single-input/dual output sense amplifier includes cross-coupled transistors connected to a reference voltage; a first input transistor and a second input transistor connected to the cross-coupled transistors, wherein the first input transistor is coupled to a single input bit-line and the second input transistor is coupled to a reference voltage; an inverter receiving the input bit-line signal and outputting a complement of the input bit-line signal; a control circuit coupled to the second input transistor and receiving the complement of the input bit-line signal, wherein the cross-coupled transistors produce dual differential outputs. A method of producing dual differential output signals from a single input signal includes receiving a single input bit-line signal; inverting the received single input bit-line signal to produce the complement of the received single input bit-line signal; controlling the charging and discharging of a reference node based on the complement of the received input bit-line signal; and outputting dual differential output signals based on the single input bit-line signal and the reference node.