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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2016
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Plano, TX (US);
Jong Hak Yuh, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Raul Adrian Cernea, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Seungpil Lee, San Ramon, CA (US);
Yen-Lung Jason Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Qui Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Tai-Yuan Tseng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cynthia Hsu, Fremont, CA (US);
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for accessing non-volatile memory. A bit line is coupled to storage cells for a non-volatile memory element. A sense amplifier is coupled to a bit line. A sense amplifier includes a sense circuit and a bias circuit. A sense circuit senses an electrical property of a bit line for reading data from one or more storage cells, and a bias circuit applies a bias voltage to the bit line for writing data to one or more storage cells. A bias circuit and a sense circuit comprise separate parallel electrical paths within a sense amplifier.