Patent ID: 11962332
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus configured to:
receive a first input;
produce a first output from the first input by decoding the first input using a 7:1 decoder of a first stage;
receive a second input;
convert the first output and the second input from a first code to a second code based on the second input and the first output at a second stage, wherein the second stage comprises a first plurality of two input port AND gates, each one of the first plurality of two input port AND gates having a first input port respectively connected to one of seven output nodes of the 7:1 decoder and a second input port connected to an inverse of an input bit; and
provide the converted first output and second input to a trimming function of a Sense Amplifier.