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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Jared L. Zerbe, Woodside, CA (US);
Bruno W. Garlepp, Austin, TX (US);
Pak S. Chau, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S. Donnelly, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Billy W. Garrett, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl W. Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
Jared L. Zerbe, Woodside, CA (US);
Bruno W. Garlepp, Austin, TX (US);
Pak S. Chau, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S. Donnelly, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Billy W. Garrett, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl W. Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a sense amplifier with an input to receive a present signal representing a present bit. The sense amplifier is to produce a decision regarding a logic level of the present bit. The integrated circuit device also includes a circuit to precharge the input of the sense amplifier by applying to the input of the sense amplifier a portion of a previous signal representing a previous bit. The integrated circuit device further includes a latch, coupled to the sense amplifier, to output the logic level.