Sense amp control circuit
AssigneeHyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorJong Hoon Hong
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Abstract
Circuit for controlling a sense amplifier, is disclosed, which restores a signal delayed by line loading for faster operation of the sense amplifier in a case every one or every group of a few of the sense amplifiers is provided with one sense amplifier drive for faster data sensing of the sense amplifier, including signal transmission means for compensating a signal /SP or SN for controlling a drive of a sense amplifier for a path basis transmission delay in addition to a sense amplifier pull-up driver and a sense amplifier pull-down driver for driving sense amplifiers connected to one pair of bit lines B/L, and /BL for a positive, and a negative signals, and a sense amplifier driver precharge circuit for precharging the sense amplifier drivers when the sense amplifier are not in operation.
Claims31
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- a driver signal control circuit for supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- a driver signal compensating circuit for compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the driver signal compensating circuit includes,
- an odd number of inverting amplifiers for amplifying each driver signal, the polarity of the driver signals being inverted by the inverting amplifiers.
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- a driver signal control circuit for supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- a driver signal compensating circuit for compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the driver signal compensating circuit includes,
- an even number of inverting amplifiers for amplifying each driver signal.
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- a driver signal control circuit for supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- a driver signal compensating circuit for compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the driver signal compensating circuit comprises at least one inverter.
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- a driver signal control circuit for supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- a driver signal compensating circuit for compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the driver signal compensating circuit comprises a buffer.
A circuit for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- a driver signal control circuit for supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- a driver signal compensating circuit for compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the driver signal control circuit includes at least two signal lines used to supply each of the at least one driver signal control signals, and the driver signal compensating circuit is connected to less than all of the signal lines, thereby compensating driver signals supplied to less than all sense amplifiers of the sense amplifier circuit.
A process for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the compensating includes amplifying each driver signal.
A process for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprising:
- supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
- and
- compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein the compensating includes inverting the polarity of the driver signals.
A process for controlling a sense amplifier circuit, comprsing:
- supplying at least one driver signal control signal for controlling at least one driver signal used to drive the sense amplifier circuit;
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- compensating attenuation and delay experienced by the driver signal control signal, and wherein each driver signal is supplied by at least two signal lines, and wherein the compensating includes compensating driver signals supplied to less than all sense amplifiers of the sense amplifier circuit.
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