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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gil L Winograd, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Morteza Cyrus Afghahi, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gil L Winograd, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Morteza Cyrus Afghahi, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Novelics, LLC, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a memory is provided that includes: a plurality of memory cells arranged in columns, each column coupled to a corresponding bit line; a sense amplifier adapted to sense the voltage on a pair of the bit lines to determine a binary state of an accessed memory cell coupled to a first one of the bit lines in the pair; and a first trim capacitor having a first terminal directly coupled to one of the bit lines in the pair, the first trim capacitor having an opposing second terminal coupled to a first trim capacitor signal, the memory being adapted to change a voltage of the first trim capacitor signal while the sense amplifier senses the voltage to determine the binary state of the accessed memory cell.