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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Chulmin Jung, San Diego, CA (US);
Fahad Ahmed, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Keejong Kim, Phoenix, AZ (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory includes a memory cell, one bitline coupled to the memory cell, a sense amplifier coupled to the one bitline, a timing circuit configured to enable the sense amplifier during a read operation, a control circuit configured to enable the sense amplifier independent of the timing circuit, and a pull-up circuit configured to pull up the one bitline while the sense amplifier is enabled by the control circuit. The method includes enabling a sense amplifier in a read operation by a timing circuit. The sense amplifier is coupled to at least one bitline, and the at least one bitline is coupled to a memory cell. The method further includes enabling the sense amplifier independent of the timing circuit in a second operation and pulling up the at least one bitline by a pull-up circuit while the sense amplifier is enabled in the second operation.