Patent ID: 9135964
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a differential sense amplifier comprising: a first CMOS inverter having an output connected to a first bit line and an input connected to a second bit line complementary to the first bit line, a second CMOS inverter having an output connected to the second bit line and an input connected to the first bit line, each CMOS inverter comprising: wherein the sources of at least one of the pull-down or pull-up transistors are coupled and connected to a voltage source without an intermediate transistor between the transistor sources and the voltage source, the method comprising performing an operation for pre-charging the bit lines, which comprises modifying the precharge operation performed by the differential sense amplifier by modifying, for application during the precharge operation performed, one of the pull-up second control signal or the pull-down second control signal.