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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hsing-Yi Chen, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Ming Chi Lin, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp., Hsin Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory with a sense amplifier for high-speed sensing of the signal from a memory cell. The semiconductor memory includes plural memory arrays having plural memory cells, a sense amplifier, and a latch circuit. The memory cells are precharged when a precharge signal is enabled. The sense amplifier has an additional discharge path enabled by the disabled precharge signal to speed up reading data. The latch circuit is turn off by the enabled precharged signal to hold the data.