Patent · US Expired

Circuit arrangement and method for setting a voltage supply for a read/write amplifier of an integrated memory

US6999355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Herbert Benzinger · Birkenfeld, DE
Koen Van der Zanden · Leuven, BE
Stephan Schröder · Birkenfeld, DE
Manfred Proll · Dorfen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2004
Grant date	Feb 14, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2207/065
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit arrangement for setting a voltage supply for a read/write amplifier of an integrated memory has a first voltage generator circuit for generating a supply voltage for application to the read/write amplifier during an assessment and amplification operation and a second voltage generator circuit for generating a precharge voltage for precharging bit lines of the memory which are connected to the read/write amplifier. A temperature detector circuit, which is connected to the first voltage generator circuit, is used to detect a temperature of the memory and interacts with the first voltage generator circuit to set the supply voltage applied to the read/write amplifier in a manner depending on a temperature of the memory.

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