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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:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ; G11C 7/00 ; H03F 3/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ; G11C 7/00 ; H03F 3/45 ;
Abstract
Integrated circuit memory devices according to the present invention include a sense amplifier having a pair of differential input signal lines, a pair of differential output signal lines, and a current amplifier. The current amplifier has an input stage electrically coupled to the pair of differential input signal lines and an output stage electrically coupled to the pair of differential output signal lines. The input stage and/or the output stage are responsive to a first control signal that reduces a gain of the current amplifier when the first control signal is asserted.