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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Kobatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Kobatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The differential sense amplifier according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first differential amplification unit that detects a difference between the pair of complementary signals inputted from a first bit line and a second bit line, a second differential amplification unit that detects a difference between one of the complementary signals inputted from the first bit line and a first reference signal, and a third differential amplification unit that detects a difference between the other complementary signal inputted from the second bit line and a second reference signal.