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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Onegyun NA, Boise, ID (US);

Jongtae Kwak, Boise, ID (US);

Seong-hoon Lee, Boise, ID (US);

Hoon Choi, Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Onegyun Na, Boise, ID (US);

Jongtae Kwak, Boise, ID (US);

Seong-Hoon Lee, Boise, ID (US);

Hoon Choi, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micro Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/062 (2013.01); G11C 7/02 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 2207/063 (2013.01);
Abstract

A current sense amplifier may include one or more clamping circuits coupled between differential output nodes of the amplifier. The clamping circuits may be enabled during at least a portion of the time that the sense amplifier is sensing the state of a memory cell coupled to a differential input of the sense amplifier. The clamping circuits may be disabled during the time that the sense amplifier is sensing the state of a memory cell at different times in a staggered manner. The clamping circuits may be effecting in making the current sense amplifier less sensitive to noise signals.


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