Patent ID: 8773917
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A circuit comprising: a circuit input that inputs a reference voltage, the reference voltage transitions from a first level to a second level that is higher than the first level, wherein the circuit includes an amplifier that inputs the reference voltage; and a circuit output that outputs a signal that is the first level for a first period, transitions from the first level to the second level during a second period, and is the second level during a third period, the output signal transition includes ramping to a voltage that is greater than the second level for a first portion of the second period and decreasing to the second level during a second portion of the second period, the amplifier has an output that ramps from the reference voltage to a voltage that is an offset higher than the reference voltage during the first portion of the second period, the circuit output is taken from the amplifier output during the second period.