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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Kilopass Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jimmy Lee Reaves, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kilopass Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/062 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
For a block of memory cells interconnected by single-ended bit lines, a sense amplifier receives the input from a single-ended bit line to determine the logic state of a selected memory cell connected to the single-ended bit line. The sense amplifier also receives a reference voltage generated from a base-emitter voltage of a emitter follower bipolar transistor. The base-emitter voltage is controllably divided by a voltage divider network with selectable resistive elements to tune the reference voltage.