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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:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ali Anvar, Irvine, CA (US);
Gil I. Winograd, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a memory block and a controller. The controller is adapted to skew a pre-charge signal for a bit line of the memory block. The controller can skew the pre-charge signal during a read operation or a write operation. The system can also include a sense amplifier in communication with a bit line of the memory block, and the sense amplifier can automatically shut off after indicating a sensed data state for the bit line. The controller may be a global controller or a local controller.