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Shared BiCMOS sense amplifier

US5046050A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 1990
Grant dateSep 3, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/416
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching circuit for SRAM memory cells is disclosed. The circuit electronically decouples input lines to sense amplifiers from unselected arrays of memory cells. The decoupling results in a large decrease in the amount of parasitic capacitance that the selected inputs would encounter.

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