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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Shahid Ali, New Delhi, IN;
Raviprakash Suryanarayana Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Shahid Ali, New Delhi, IN;
Raviprakash Suryanarayana Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Single-ended sense amplifier circuit. An example of the sense amplifier circuit includes an inverter coupled to a bit line to read a bit cell. The sense amplifier circuit also includes a first circuit responsive to a control signal to charge the bit line for a predefined time. Further, the sense amplifier circuit includes a second circuit coupled to the bit line and responsive to a read 1 operation to retain voltage of the bit line above a first threshold to render the inverter to read 1 from the bit cell.