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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nadeem N. Eleyan, Austin, TX (US);
Howard L. Levy, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jeffrey Y. Su, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory is disclosed. The memory includes a differential sense amplifier that receives a data input and a complementary data input; and a switching mechanism, coupled to the amplifier, that switches the data input and the complementary data input to minimize a negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) effect on the amplifier.