Patent ID: 11948657
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method of operating a sense amplifier, the method comprising:
pre-charging a pair of bit lines and a pair of conductive lines electrically connecting a cross-coupled pair of pull-up transistors of the sense amplifier to a cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors of the sense amplifier by asserting a shared control gate terminal of sense amplifier control transistors sharing a continuous active material with the cross-coupled pair of pull-down transistors and applying a pre-charge voltage potential to the pair of conductive lines, wherein the pair of conductive lines extend at least substantially in parallel with the continuous active material;
electrically connecting memory cells to the pre-charged pair of bit lines; and
amplifying electrical charges delivered to the pair of bit lines by the memory cells.