Methods and apparatus to improve performance while reading a one-time-programmable memory
US11170864B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C16/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that improve performance while reading memory. The method includes initializing an output of a of a sensing circuit to be a first logic high value, obtaining, from the memory, a first current corresponding to a memory bit stored in the memory, replicating the first current, determining whether the replicated first current is greater than a second current, and in response to determining that the replicated first current is greater than the second current, generating a second logic high value at the output of the sensing circuit.
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