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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yangsyu Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Hsin-Hsin Ko, Hsinchu, TW;
Chiting Cheng, Taichung, TW;
Cheng Hung Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Jonathan Tsung-Yung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit for reading a memory device includes a sense amplifier (SA) and a controller. The SA has an input, an output and an enabling terminal. The controller has a first input coupled to the output of the SA, a second input configured to receive a control signal, and an output coupled to the enabling terminal of the SA to send an SA enabling (SAE) signal from the controller to the SA. The controller is configured to start the SAE signal, in response to the control signal, to enable the SA, and to terminate the SAE signal, in response to an SA output signal at the output of the SA, to disable the SA.