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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Young-seok Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Soo-bong Chang, Incheon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A circuit for driving a sense amplifier of a semiconductor memory device is provided. The circuit includes a first driving circuit configured to supply a current from a power node to a first driving node of the sense amplifier based on a first driving control signal, a source control circuit configured to generate a control signal based on a second driving control signal and a voltage of the drain node, and a second driving circuit configured to draw current from a second driving node of the sense amplifier to a ground node based on the control signal.