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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Cyrille Dray, Antibes, FR;
Alexandre Ney, Toulouse, FR;
Cyrille Dray, Antibes, FR;
Alexandre Ney, Toulouse, FR;
Infineon Techn. AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A method and a system for reading from memory cells in a memory device are provided. In one embodiment, the memory device comprises a first plurality of data lines and a second plurality of data lines, at least one first multiplexer coupled to the first plurality of data lines and at least one low reference line, at least one second multiplexer coupled to the second plurality of data lines and at least one high reference line, at least one third multiplexer coupled to the at least one first multiplexer and the at least one second multiplexer, and a reference memory cell coupled to the at least one third multiplexer and at least one sense amplifier.