发明名称 Sense amplifier
摘要 The present disclosure provides a sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a first inverting circuit, a second inverting circuit, a pre-charge circuit, a voltage adjusting circuit, and a discharge circuit. The first inverting circuit has a first input end and a first output end, and the second inverting circuit has a second input end and a second output end. The pre-charge circuit pulls up the voltage levels on the first and second output ends according to a power voltage during a pre-charge time period. The voltage adjusting circuit respectively receives a bit line voltage and a reference voltage during the pre-charge time period, and adjusts voltages on the first and second output ends respectively according to the voltage on the second and first receiving ends. The discharge circuit pulls down voltage levels on the first and second receiving ends of the voltage adjusting circuit during a discharge time period.
申请公布号 US9378780(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.06.28
申请号 US201514740290 申请日期 2015.06.16
申请人 National Tsing Hua University 发明人 Chang Meng-Fan;Hung Jui-Yu
分类号 G11C7/00;G11C7/06;G11C7/12 主分类号 G11C7/00
代理机构 Jianq Chyun IP Office 代理人 Jianq Chyun IP Office
主权项 1. A sense amplifier, comprising: a first inverting circuit, having a first input end and a first output end; a second inverting circuit, having a second input end and a second output end, wherein the first input end is coupled to the second output end, and the second input end is coupled to the first output end; a pre-charge circuit, coupled to the first and second output ends, wherein the pre-charge circuit pulls up voltage levels on the first and second output ends according to a power voltage during a pre-charge time period; a voltage adjusting circuit, coupled to the first and second output ends, respectively receiving a bit line voltage and a reference voltage during the pre-charge time period by a first receiving end and a second receiving end, and adjusting voltages on the first and second output ends respectively according to the voltage on the second and first receiving ends; and a discharge circuit, coupled to the first and second receiving ends, wherein the discharge circuit pulls down voltage levels on the first and second receiving ends of the voltage adjusting circuit during a discharge time period, wherein, the first and second inverting circuits are enabled for a sensing operation after the discharge time period, and the pre-charge time period is before the discharge time period.
地址 Hsinchu TW