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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Oleg Dadashev, Hadera, IL;
Inventor:
Oleg Dadashev, Hadera, IL;
Assignee:
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for sensing a signal received from an array cell within a memory array, the method comprising the steps of generating an analog voltage Vddr proportional to a current of a selected array cell of the memory array, and comparing the analog voltage Vddr with a reference analog voltage Vcomp to generate an output digital signal. A method is also provided for sensing a memory cell by transforming a signal from a memory cell to a time delay, and sensing the memory cell by comparing the time delay to a time delay of a reference cell. Related apparatus is also disclosed.