Sense amplifier with program biasing and fast sensing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9881676
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15290818

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Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for accessing non-volatile memory. A bit line is coupled to storage cells for a non-volatile memory element. A sense amplifier is coupled to a bit line. A sense amplifier includes a sense circuit and a bias circuit. A sense circuit senses an electrical property of a bit line for reading data from one or more storage cells, and a bias circuit applies a bias voltage to the bit line for writing data to one or more storage cells. A bias circuit and a sense circuit comprise separate parallel electrical paths within a sense amplifier.

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SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC951 SANDISK DRIVE LEGAL DEP MILPITAS CA 95035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cernea, Raul Adrian Santa Clara, US 95 1427
Hsu, Cynthia Fremont, US 28 422
Lee, Seungpil San Ramon, US 66 1291
Li, Yen-Lung Jason San Jose, US 2 21
Nguyen, Qui San Jose, US 7 38
Tseng, Tai-Yuan Milpitas, US 35 343
Yuh, Jong Hak Pleasanton, US 13 159

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