Synchronous sense amplifier with temperature and voltage compensated translator

CC Wu, TK Tien, WK Fang - US Patent 6,037,807, 2000 - Google Patents
A bias control circuit for controlling the bias current in a sense amplifier circuit. The bias
control circuit maintains a substantially constant bias current when the V CC supply voltage …

Sense amplifier having reduced Vt mismatch in input matched differential pair

DW Bruneau, SG Narendra, VK De - US Patent 6,566,914, 2003 - Google Patents
A sense amplifier in which its output nodes provide a full voltage swing between the supply
and return nodes. The sense amplifier further includes a reset circuit to selectively equalize …

Sense amplifier circuit

S Shiratake - US Patent 6,147,514, 2000 - Google Patents
This invention provides a sense amplifier circuit capable of determining an output with small
power consumption at high speeds and simplifying a control signal. The sources of a pair of …

Sense amplifier with input offset compensation

CK Chen - US Patent App. 11/193,453, 2007 - Google Patents
A sense amplifier, including a first stage amplifier and a second stage amplifier, for
compensating input offset voltage changes due to temperature variation of the sense …

Single-ended sense amplifier with adjustable noise margin and power down control

CC Chao, TS Yang, KY Tso - US Patent 6,297,670, 2001 - Google Patents
The present invention discloses a single-ended sense amplifier including an output circuit
having an output terminal for indicating a state of a bitline node. In addition, a noise margin …

Circuit for controlling sense amplifier over-driving voltage

JP Lee - US Patent 6,043,685, 2000 - Google Patents
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier over-driving voltage includes a comparator for
comparing an internal voltage and an over-driving voltage and a pumping circuit based on a …

Circuit and method for selectively overdriving a sense amplifier

SH Park - US Patent 6,097,653, 2000 - Google Patents
An overdriving control circuit includes a comparator for receiving a sense amplifier enable
signal and comparing a voltage of bit line or bit bar line with a reference voltage, and a …

Low-voltage high-performance dual-feedback dynamic sense amplifier

J Lin, B Doyle - US Patent 5,546,026, 1996 - Google Patents
A sense amplifier circuit includes a voltage developing stage which receives first and
second data inputs, din1 and din2, and generates a differential voltage, in response to …

Sense amplifier circuit

H Toyoshima, M Harada, T Nagano, Y Nishio… - US Patent …, 1998 - Google Patents
A sense amplifier, which is intended to reduce the output response time after it has received
a small voltage difference until it delivers amplified output signals, consists of a latch circuit …

Self adjusting delay circuit and method for compensating sense amplifier clock timing

RJ Proebsting - US Patent 5,936,905, 1999 - Google Patents
A circuit technique that optimizes the activation timing of a dynamic sense amplifier includes
a circuit that closely tracks process variations to generate the optimum activation signal for …