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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence T. Clark, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert D. Bateman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an integrated circuit has a sense amp connected to a plurality of bit lines with bit line transistors. Each of the bit line transistors may be connected to a sense amp enable transistor so that together, the coupling and sense amp enable transistors connect the sense amp to a power supply voltage.