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Source follower based single ended sense amplifier for large capacity SRAM

Jung et al., 2013

Document ID
6100133056558589216
Author
Jung D
Jeong H
Song T
Kim G
Jung S
Publication year
Publication venue
2013 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC)

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In this paper we proposed a source follower based single ended sense amplifier (SA) which enhance the access time using positive feedback. The source follower stage is used to transfer the bit-line (BL) development to sensing stage. By using the source follower, biasing …
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