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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Anirban Roy, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Jew, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method uses a memory that includes a plurality of non-volatile memory (NVM) cells; a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; and an amplifier having an inverting input, a non-inverting input, and an output; and a capacitance coupled to the inverting input includes. A reference is coupled to the non-inverting input. The output of the amplifier is coupled to the inverting input of the amplifier while the non-inverting input receives the reference. The output is decoupled from the inverting input to store a voltage on the inverting input of the amplifier. A non-volatile (NV) element of a first NVM cell of the plurality of NVM cells is coupled to the non-inverting input. An output signal representative of the state of the NVM cell is provided.