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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Darren L. Anand, Williston, VT (US);
John A. Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
Eric D. Hunt-Schroeder, South Burlington, VT (US);
Mark D. Jacunski, Colchester, VT (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 2207/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A latching current sensing amplifier circuit for memory arrays and a current sensing technique using the latching current sensing amplifier circuit are provided. The current sense-amplifier circuit includes a first and second pair of series connected transistors configured with a common gate node for a sense operation and reconfigurable as a cross-coupled pair for a latching operation.