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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Seongook Jung, Seoul, KR;
Hanwool Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Young Hwi Yang, Seoul, KR;
Kyoman Kang, Gunpo-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/067 (2013.01); G11C 7/062 (2013.01); G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/1048 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure herein relates to a sense amplifier and a semiconductor memory device employing the same. The sense amplifier includes an inverter including a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor, and a switching unit configured to change a connection relationship between the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor according to whether an input terminal of the inverter is precharged or a signal applied to the input terminal is sensed.