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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2007
Dinesh Somasekhar, Portland, OR (US);
Muhammad M Khellah, Tigard, OR (US);
Yibin YE, Portland, OR (US);
Nam Sung Kim, Portland, OR (US);
Vivek K DE, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dinesh Somasekhar, Portland, OR (US);
Muhammad M Khellah, Tigard, OR (US);
Yibin Ye, Portland, OR (US);
Nam Sung Kim, Portland, OR (US);
Vivek K De, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory system having a selectable configuration for sense amplifiers is included. The memory system can include bit cells and a switch module coupled to the bit cell and to a first portion of a sense amplifier. The switch module can connect, disconnect or cross couple the bit cell to the sense amplifier based on a test for the input offset voltage of first portion of the sense amplifier. A similar configuration can be implemented by a second portion of the sense amplifier. The system can also include a programmer module to configure a setting of the switch module and can include a column select module to couple the bit cells to the sense amplifiers based on what column of bit cell is to be read. Other embodiments are also disclosed.