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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Lionel Portmann, Lausanne, CH;
Maher Kayal, St Sulpice, CH;
Marc Pastre, Ecublens, CH;
Marija Blagojevic, Lausanne, CH;
Michel Declercq, Penthaz, CH;
Lionel Portmann, Lausanne, CH;
Maher Kayal, St Sulpice, CH;
Marc Pastre, Ecublens, CH;
Marija Blagojevic, Lausanne, CH;
Michel Declercq, Penthaz, CH;
Innovative Silicon S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In a first aspect, the present invention is a technique and circuitry for reading data that is stored in memory cells. In one embodiment of this aspect, the present invention is a technique and circuitry for generating a reference current that is used, in conjunction with a sense amplifier, to read data that is stored in memory cells of a DRAM device. The technique and circuitry for generating a reference current may be implemented using an analog configuration, a digital configuration, and/or combinations of analog and digital configurations.