Patent ID: 11901018
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
pre-charging the second sense node;
discharging the second sense node through the second bit line at a rate dependent upon a conduction state of a second selected memory cell along the second bit line;
after discharging the second sense node through the second selected memory cell for the sensing interval, setting, on the second local data bus of the sense amplifier circuit, a second sensed value based on a resultant charge level on the second sense node;
subsequent to setting the second sensed value on the second local data bus, performing, on the first local data bus, a second plurality of logical operations between the second sensed value and values latched in the second plurality of data latches, including:
transferring the values latched in the second plurality of data latches between the second local data bus and the first local data bus; and

concurrently with performing the second plurality of logical operations, pre-charging the second sense node for a subsequent sensing operation.