Sense amplifier with offset compensation
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsRobert Antonio Glazewski, Stephen Keith Heinrich-Barna, Saim Ahmad Qidwai
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Abstract
An integrated circuit device is disclosed that includes an sense amplifier having first and second input terminals, a compensation network including a first compensation circuit coupled to the first input terminal of the sense amplifier and a second compensation circuit coupled to the second input terminal of the sense amplifier, and a latch circuit operable to selectively enable either one of the first and second compensation circuits, but not both of the first and second compensation circuits simultaneously.
Claims19
An integrated circuit device comprising:
- an sense amplifier having first and second input terminals;
- a compensation network including a first compensation circuit coupled to the first input terminal of the sense amplifier and a second compensation circuit coupled to the second input terminal of the sense amplifier;
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- a latch circuit operable to selectively enable either one of the first and second compensation circuits, but not both of the first and second compensation circuits simultaneously.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- an input device coupled to the processor;
- an output device coupled to the processor;
- a memory array coupled to the processor;
- and
- a sense amplifier of the memory array, the sense amplifier comprising:
- a compensation network including a first compensation circuit coupled to a first input terminal of the sense amplifier and a second compensation circuit coupled to a second input terminal of the sense amplifier;
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- a latch circuit operable to selectively enable either one of the first and second compensation circuits, but not both of the first and second compensation circuits simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.