发明名称 SIGNAL MARGIN CENTERING FOR SINGLE-ENDED eDRAM SENSE AMPLIFIER
摘要 Apparatus and methods for signal margin centering for single-ended eDRAM sense amplifier. A plurality of DRAM cells is connected to an input side of a multiplexer by a first bitline. A single-ended sense amplifier is connected to an output side of the multiplexer by a second bitline. The single-ended sense amplifier has a switch voltage. The second bitline is precharged to a selected voltage level. The multiplexer passes a signal voltage from a selected one of the plurality of DRAM cells to the second bitline. The selected voltage level is selected such that reception of the signal voltage of a first type adjusts a voltage of the second bitline in a first direction and reception of the signal voltage of a second type adjusts the voltage of the second bitline in a second direction opposite from the first direction, centering the signal voltage around the switch voltage.
申请公布号 US2014293715(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.10.02
申请号 US201313851202 申请日期 2013.03.27
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 BARTH, JR. JOHN E.;Fifield John A.;Jacunski Mark D.
分类号 G11C11/4074 主分类号 G11C11/4074
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主权项 1. A method comprising: precharging a first bitline to a first voltage level, a plurality of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cells being operatively connected to an input side of a multiplexer device by said first bitline; precharging a second bitline to a second voltage level, a sense device being operatively connected to an output side of said multiplexer device by said second bitline, said sense device having a switch voltage and comprising: a pair of transistors arranged in an inverter configuration; and a read enable transistor operatively connected to said pair of transistors, said read enable transistor being connected to a third voltage level, selecting said second voltage level such that reception of a signal voltage of a first type adjusts a voltage of said second bitline in a first direction and reception of said signal voltage of a second type adjusts said voltage of said second bitline in a second direction opposite from said first direction, said second voltage centering said signal voltage around said switch voltage, said first voltage level, said second voltage level, and said third voltage level being different voltages; and passing, using said multiplexer, said signal voltage from a selected one of said plurality of DRAM cells to said second bitline through said first bitline.
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