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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Dennis Wendell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard L. Levy, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jin-uk Shin, San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis Wendell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard L. Levy, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jin-Uk Shin, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) tolerant sense amplifier is provided. The sense amplifier includes an input stage having a pair of balanced isolation devices. Each of the balanced isolation devices has an input connected to receive a separate one of a pair of differential input signals. Each of the balanced isolation devices also has a gate that is connected to receive a common bias voltage. The sense amplifier further includes a sense stage connected to the input stage. The sense stage is configured to receive and amplify a higher signal to be provided by the pair of balanced isolation devices. The sense amplifier is also equipped to operate a low voltage levels.