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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Sung IL Cho, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Naveen Gundubogula, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohamed H. Abu-rahma, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongkyu Park, San Diego, CA (US);
Sung Il Cho, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Naveen Gundubogula, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohamed H. Abu-Rahma, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongkyu Park, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of operating a memory device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a bit cell coupled to a first bit line and to a second bit line. The apparatus also includes a sense amplifier coupled to the first bit line and to the second bit line. The apparatus includes a loop circuit configured to provide a sense amplifier enable signal to the sense amplifier in response to receiving a first signal. The apparatus also includes a wordline enable circuit configured to provide a wordline enable signal to a wordline driver in response to receiving a second signal. The loop circuit receives the first signal before the wordline enable circuit receives the second signal.