US Patent 7548476 Integrated circuit and method of operating such a circuit

Patent 7548476 was granted and assigned to Qimonda on June, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Qimonda

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7548476

Date of Patent

June 16, 2009

Patent Application Number

11566553

Date Filed

December 4, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tuan T Nguyen

Patent abstract

An integrated circuit includes a bit line pair having two bit lines, a sense amplifier having at least one transistor, the sense amplifier amplifying a charge difference between the bit lines of the bit line pair; and a control unit connected to a substrate terminal of the at least one transistor, the control unit applying a substrate potential dependent on an operating state of the integrated circuit to the substrate of the at least one transistor.