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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Yi-cheng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-hsuan Liu, Zhudong, TW;
Yuan-long Siao, Luzhu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sense amplifier circuit includes a precharge circuit configured to precharge a bit line coupled to a sensing node in response to a precharge control signal and a sense output circuit. The sense output circuit includes a sense output inverter coupled to the sensing node. The sense output inverter is disabled during bit line precharging and for a period after bit line precharging is complete, and thereafter the sense output inverter is enabled.