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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Gopinath Balakrishnan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chang Siau, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yosuke Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Wanfang Tsai, Milpitas, CA (US);
Shingo Zaitsu, Yokohama, JP;
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Sensing techniques and associated circuitry are provided for use with a memory device. The techniques are suited for sensing operations involving even-numbered or odd-numbered bit lines. In one approach, the sensing circuitry includes left and right hand portions which have separate cache access lines, but are connected to a common output bus. A full data word can be output at a time by using a half word from the left hand portion and a half word from the right hand portion. Or, the sensing circuitry can be configured so that a full data word is output at a time from the left or right hand portion. One implementation provides an N-bit bus and N input paths for each of the left and right hand portions. Another implementation provides an N-bit bus and N/2 input paths for each of the left and right hand portions.