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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Dietmar Gogl, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Hans-heinrich Viehmann, München, DE;
Inventors:
Dietmar Gogl, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Hans-Heinrich Viehmann, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory sense amplifier for a semiconductor memory device is provided with a compensation current source device that generates a compensation current and feeds it to an interconnected bit line. The compensation current is selected in such a manner that during readout a potential gradient can be generated and/or maintained in cooperation with a compensation voltage source device on the selected and interlinked bit line device that is substantially constant over time.