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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:
Mar. 01, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2007
Applicants:

Dennis E. Dudeck, Hazleton, PA (US);

Donald Albert Evans, Lancaster, OH (US);

Hai Quang Pham, Hatfield, PA (US);

Wayne E. Werner, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Ronald James Wozniak, Allentown, PA (US);

Inventors:

Dennis E. Dudeck, Hazleton, PA (US);

Donald Albert Evans, Lancaster, OH (US);

Hai Quang Pham, Hatfield, PA (US);

Wayne E. Werner, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Ronald James Wozniak, Allentown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);

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

A sense amplifier includes a first sensing element and a second sensing element redundant to the first sensing element. The sense amplifier further comprises a switch circuit configured to switch between the first and second sensing elements when an offset of the sense amplifier is greater than a prescribed amount.


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