IP Library Granted Patent US 10,825,488
Granted Patent B1
US 10,825,488 · App. 16/710,958 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Data sensing circuit of semiconductor apparatus

Inventor: Min Ho Yun (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C7/06G11C8/12H03K5/007
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Patent No.
US 10,825,488
App. No.
16/710,958
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

In accordance with the present disclosure, a data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a sensing portion configured to sense and amplify an input signal provided through an activated data line between a first data line and a second data line. The data sensing circuit also includes an offset sampling portion configured to generate a second offset voltage by sampling a first offset voltage of one to be activated between the first data line and the second data line and configured to store the second offset voltage into a parasitic capacitor of the other one between the first data line and the second data line.

Claims (20)

1. A data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus, the data sensing circuit comprising:

a sensing portion configured to sense and amplify an input signal provided through an activated data line between a first data line and a second data line; and

an offset sampling portion configured to:

generate a second offset voltage by sampling a first offset voltage of one to be activated between the first data line and the second data line; and

store the second offset voltage into a parasitic capacitor of the other one between the first data line and the second data line.

2. The data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data sensing circuit is configured such that the first offset voltage is cancelled by the second offset voltage during a charge sharing operation of the data sensing circuit.

3. The data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first data line and the second data line are bit lines electrically coupled to one and the other one between unit memory blocks of the semiconductor apparatus, respectively.

4. A data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus, the data sensing circuit comprising:

a sense amp configured to:

generate a second offset voltage by sampling a first offset voltage of one to be activated between a first data line and a second data line;

store the second offset voltage into the other one between the first data line and the second data line; and

control the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage such that the first offset voltage is cancelled by the second offset voltage, in response to a plurality of control signals; and

a sense amp control circuit configured to generate the plurality of control signals in response to an activation information defining one to be activated between the first data line and the second data line.

5. The data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the data sensing circuit is configured such that the first offset voltage is cancelled by the second offset voltage during a charge sharing operation of the sense amp.

6. The data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the sense amp comprises:

a sensing portion configured to sense and amplify an input signal provided through an activated one between the first data line and the second data line; and

an offset sampling portion configured to:

generate the second offset voltage by sampling the first offset voltage; and

store the second offset voltage into a parasitic capacitor of the other one between the first data line and the second data line.

7. The data sensing circuit of a semiconductor apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first data line and the second data line are bit lines electrically coupled to one and the other one between unit memory blocks of the semiconductor apparatus, respectively.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: YUN, MIN HO
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 051251/0188 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0056323 · May 14, 2019 · national