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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Vibhu Sharma, Leuven, BE;
Stefan Cosemans, Lier, BE;
Wim Dehaene, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Francky Catthoor, Temse, BE;
Maryam Ashouei, Eindhoven, NE;
Jos Huisken, Waalre, NE;
Vibhu Sharma, Leuven, BE;
Stefan Cosemans, Lier, BE;
Wim Dehaene, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Francky Catthoor, Temse, BE;
Maryam Ashouei, Eindhoven, NE;
Jos Huisken, Waalre, NE;
Stichting IMEC Nederland, Eindhoven, NL;
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
An ultra low power sense amplifier circuit for amplifying a low swing input signal to a full swing output signal is disclosed. In one aspect, the amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier stage for pre-amplifying the input signal to an intermediate signal on its internal nodes, a second amplifier stage for amplifying the intermediate signal to the output signal, and a control circuit for sequentially activating the first and second amplifier. The first amplifier has a capacitor for limiting energy consumption and two upsized PMOS transistors without NMOS transistors.
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