Patent ID: 11862287
Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. An integrated circuit comprising:
a first latch circuit comprising a sensing transistor coupled to a sensing node and one or more first latch units coupled to the sensing transistor; and
a second latch circuit coupled to the sensing node, the second latch circuit comprising one or more second latch units, each of the one or more second latch units being same as each of the one or more first latch units,
wherein the sensing transistor is different from each transistor in the second latch circuit in that the sensing transistor has a gate terminal coupled to the sensing node and functions as a gate capacitor,
wherein the one or more first latch unit comprises a plurality of first latch units, and each of the plurality of first latch units comprises a respective first node coupled to the sensing node and a respective second node coupled to a drain or source terminal of the sensing transistor, and
wherein the one or more second latch unit comprises a plurality of second latch units, and wherein each of the plurality of second latch units comprises a respective third node coupled to the sensing node and a respective fourth node coupled to the gate terminal of the sensing transistor.