CA2578837A1 - High speed otp sensing scheme - Google Patents

High speed otp sensing scheme

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CA2578837A1
CA2578837A1 CA002578837A CA2578837A CA2578837A1 CA 2578837 A1 CA2578837 A1 CA 2578837A1 CA 002578837 A CA002578837 A CA 002578837A CA 2578837 A CA2578837 A CA 2578837A CA 2578837 A1 CA2578837 A1 CA 2578837A1
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Abstract

A high speed sensing scheme for a non-volatile memory array is disclosed. The memory array includes non volatile memory cells arranged in a complementary bitline configuration includes precharge circuits for precharging the bitlines to a first voltage level such as VSS, a reference circuits for applying a reference charge on the reference bitlines of the complementary bitline pairs, and bitline sense amplifiers for sensing a voltage differential between the complementary bitline pairs. A voltage on the data bitline being changed when a programmed non-volatile memory cell connected to an activated wordline couples the wordline voltage to the data bitline.
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