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US 12,112,791 B2Granted
Sense amplifying circuit and method, and semiconductor memory
AssigneeChangxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDong Liu, Xikun Chu, Tianhao Diwu
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Abstract
Provided are a sense amplifying circuit and method, and a semiconductor memory. The sense amplifying circuit includes: a transmission circuit, configured to receive a signal to be processed and perform transmission on the signal to be processed to obtain an initial transmission signal; and an amplifying circuit, configured to receive a first control signal and the signal to be processed, and perform amplification on the initial transmission signal according to the first control signal and the signal to be processed to obtain a target transmission signal.
Claims16
A sense amplifying circuit, comprising:
- a transmission circuit, configured to receive a signal to be processed, and perform transmission on the signal to be processed to obtain an initial transmission signal;
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- an amplifying circuit, configured to receive a first control signal and the signal to be processed, and perform amplification on the initial transmission signal according to the first control signal and the signal to be processed to obtain a target transmission signal;
- and,
- wherein the signal to be processed comprises a first signal to be processed and a second signal to be processed, and the initial transmission signal comprises a first initial transmission signal and a second initial transmission signal;
- the transmission circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor and is configured to receive a second control signal, and responsive to the second control signal being in a first level state, perform transmission on the first signal to be processed through the first transistor to obtain the first initial transmission signal, and perform transmission on the second signal to be processed through the second transistor to obtain the second initial transmission signal;
- the amplifying circuit is configured to:
- receive a first power signal, a second power signal, and a ground signal;
- and performing at least one of:
- responsive to that the first control signal is in the first level state, the first signal to be processed is in the first level state, and the second signal to be processed is in a second level state, perform amplification on the initial transmission signal based on the first power signal and the ground signal to obtain the target transmission signal;
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- responsive to that the first control signal is in the first level state, the first signal to be processed is in the second level state, and the second signal to be processed is in the first level state, perform amplification on the initial transmission signal based on the second power signal and the ground signal to obtain the target transmission signal.
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A sense amplifying method, applicable to a sense amplifying circuit, the method comprising:
- determining a signal to be processed and a first control signal;
- performing transmission on the signal to be processed to obtain an initial transmission signal;
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- performing amplification on the initial transmission signal according to the first control signal and the signal to be processed to obtain a target transmission signal;
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- wherein the signal to be processed comprises a first signal to be processed and a second signal to be processed, and the initial transmission signal comprises a first initial transmission signal and a second initial transmission signal;
- and performing transmission on the signal to be processed to obtain the initial transmission signal comprises:
- receiving a second control signal;
- responsive to the second control signal being in a first level state, performing transmission on the first signal to be processed to obtain the first initial transmission signal, and performing transmission on the second signal to be processed to obtain the second initial transmission signal;
- performing amplification on the initial transmission signal according to the first control signal and the signal to be processed to obtain the target transmission signal comprises:
- applying a first power signal, a second power signal, and a ground signal;
- and performing at least one of:
- responsive to that the first control signal is in the first level state, the first signal to be processed is in the first level state, and the second signal to be processed is in a second level state, performing amplification on the initial transmission signal based on the first power signal and the ground signal to obtain the target transmission signal;
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- responsive to that the first control signal is in the first level state, the first signal to be processed is in the second level state, and the second signal to be processed is in the first level state, performing amplification on the initial transmission signal based on the second power signal and the ground signal to obtain the target transmission signal.
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