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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Inventors:
Myung Gyoo Won, San Jose, CA (US);
Heechoul Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Thu Hanh Nguyen, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling when a sense amplifier is activated are described. In one embodiment, a device includes detection logic connected to a plurality of word lines in a memory and configured to generate a signal upon detecting one of the plurality of word lines being activated. The device includes a sense amplifier configured to read a value from a bit line associated with an activated word line of the plurality of word lines upon receiving the signal.