PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16008042
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["365", "185210"]

Abstract:
A current-sensing circuit for a memory and a sensing method thereof are provided. The current-sensing circuit includes a pre-charge circuit, a sensing current-to-voltage generator, an auxiliary current-to-voltage generator, a reference current-to-voltage generator, and a detection circuit. The pre-charge circuit provides a pre-charge signal to a selected bit line during a pre-charge time period. The sensing current-to-voltage generator generates a sensing voltage to a memory cell current of the selected bit line via a first load. The auxiliary current-to-voltage generator provides a detection voltage to a portion of the memory cell current of the selected bit line via a second load. The reference current-to-voltage generator provides a reference voltage during a data-sensing time period. The detection circuit determines an end time point of the pre-charge time period by comparing a detected voltage generated by the second load with a reference voltage.

Claim (Index 5):
The sensing circuit of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a main sense amplifier coupled to the first load and receiving the sensing voltage and the reference load and receiving the reference voltage, wherein when the main sense amplifier is in the sensing time period and after the pre-charge time ends, the sensing current coupled on the selected bit line via the sensing current-to-voltage generator and a voltage difference of a voltage generated by the first load and the reference voltage are compared to generate a read-out data.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90385
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11158206', '11739167', '14178277', '14047214', '15349407']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7625513631125299
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4728697858267909
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7335832053839559
- Mean Citation Score: 202.669002
- Max Citation Score: 207.1298
- Similarity Product: 170.72621556665896

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test