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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Igor Arsovski, Williston, VT (US);
Travis R. Hebig, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/08 (2013.01); G11C 7/067 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 15/04 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit including a sense amplifier connected to a sense line is provided. The sense amplifier is configured to end a precharge phase of the sense line based on a state of the sense amplifier. A single-ended sense amplifier determines its own precharge level, ends the precharge phase, and starts evaluation as soon as precharge is ended, without waiting for a globally timed signal to end the precharge phase.