ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,009, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Sense amplifier circuit, memory circuit, and sensing method thereof" was invented by Jui-Jen Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Jen-Chieh Liu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yi-Lun Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Win-San Khwa (Taipei, Taiwan) and Meng-Fan Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sense amplifier circuit includes a differential amplifier, a first switch, and a second switch. The differential amplifier includes a first input node, a second input node, a first output node, and a second output node. The differential amplifier amplifie...