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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:
May. 27, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2006
Applicant:

Martin P Piorkowski, Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Martin P Piorkowski, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sigmatel, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A memory includes at least one memory segment that includes an array of memory cells arranged in a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns having a corresponding bitline pair. An address decoder includes a row decoder and a column decoder that addresses a selected one of the array of memory cells in a selected one of the plurality of columns in response to a memory address. A sense amplifier generates a data output by sensing a differential voltage from the corresponding bitline pair of the selected one of the plurality of columns in response to a sense amp enable signal. A sense amp enable signal generator generates the sense amp enable signal with adjustable timing, based on sense amp feedback signals.


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