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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Seong-Hoon Lee, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/062 (2013.01); G11C 7/08 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); H03F 3/45179 (2013.01); H03G 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Memories, sense amplifiers, and methods for amplifying a current input are disclosed, including a sense amplifier including a bias circuit configured to provide a bias voltage having a magnitude responsive to maintaining a substantially constant loop gain, and further including an amplifier stage coupled to the bias circuit to receive the bias voltage and configured to amplify a input current at an input-output node, a loop gain of the current amplifier stage is controlled at least in part to the bias voltage.