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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Cheng Hung Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Hektor Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Chi-Kai Hsieh, Yangmei, TW;
Shi-Wei Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hong-Chen Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a differential sense amplifier comprising first and second cross-coupled inverters with first and second complimentary storage nodes. A first current control element changes a current through the first cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of a second cross-coupled inverter, and a second current control element changes a current through the second cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of the first cross-coupled inverter. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.