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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Erwin Castillon, Milpitas, CA (US);
Uday Mudumba, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erwin Castillon, Milpitas, CA (US);
Uday Mudumba, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sense amplifier includes a sense input node, a current mirror circuit to mirror the current on the sense input node, and a result output node. A current source supplies an offset current. The sense amplifier increases the current on the sense input node by the offset current and reduces the offset current from the mirrored current at the result output node.