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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Fady Abouzeid, Grenoble, FR;
Sylvain Clerc, Grenoble, FR;
Philippe Roche, Biviers, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, Crolles, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A read boost circuit arranged to boost the voltage difference between a pair of complementary bit lines of a memory device during a read operation, the read boost circuit including: a first transistor adapted to be controlled by the voltage level on a first bit line of the pair of bit lines to couple a second bit line of the pair of bit lines to a first supply voltage; and a second transistor connected directly to ground and adapted to be controlled by the voltage level on the second bit line to couple the first bit line to ground.