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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2005
Applicants:

Jaroslav Raszka, Fremont, CA (US);

Vipin Kumar Tiwari, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jaroslav Raszka, Fremont, CA (US);

Vipin Kumar Tiwari, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Virage Logic Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various methods, apparatuses and systems in which a memory uses a noise reduction circuit to sense groups of memory cells. The memory has a plurality of memory cells organized into groups of memory cells. The noise reduction circuit performs a sense operation on a first group of memory cells at the substantially the same time. The noise reduction circuit performs a sense operation on a second group of memory cells at substantially the same time. The noise reduction circuit has timing circuitry to sense the second group of memory cells after the sense of the first group initiates but prior to the completion of the sense operation on the first group of memory cells.


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