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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Yu-Wei Lee, Taichung, TW;
Sheau-Yung Shyu, Hsinchu, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A sense amplifier circuit for sensing data fed to its data input terminal and operating on the data according to a pre-charge signal, a latch signal and a sense amplifier enable signal. The sense amplifier circuit includes a pre-charge sense circuit that receives data from a data input terminal and outputs a first output value as well as a latching circuit that receives the first output value and outputs a second output value within a preset period. The pre-charge sense circuit further includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is capable of pre-charging the data input terminal to a preset potential level. The second circuit produces a first output value according to the input data. In addition, the first circuit and the second circuit are connected in parallel between a voltage source and a data input terminal.