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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Tien-Yen Wang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chun-Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Jung Chen, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/14 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 7/02 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/14 (2013.01); G11C 11/5678 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0045 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing method for a memory is provided. The memory includes: a memory cell; a reference circuit generating a reference voltage and a clamp voltage; and a current supplying circuit receiving the clamp voltage to develop a cell current passing through the memory cell to form a cell voltage, wherein the cell voltage is used for incorporating with the reference voltage to determine the information stored in the memory.