Current source evaluation sense-amplifier

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2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Wells, Kenneth B. (Department: 2816)

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control

By amplitude

C327S055000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07023243

ABSTRACT:
A sense-amplifier based on current-source-evaluation. Compared to conventional sense-amplifiers, a design based on static-current sources scales better to small transistor geometries. The design has lower power consumption, reduced noise, and improved clock scaling.

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