A switched capacitor sense amplifier includes capacitively coupled input,
feedback, and reset paths to provide immunity to the mismatches in
transistor characteristics and offsets. The sense amplifier includes a
cross-coupled pair of inverters with capacitors absorbing offset voltages
developed as effects of the mismatches. When used in a dynamic random
access memory (DRAM) device, this immunity to the mismatches and offsets
allows the sense amplifier to reliably detect and refresh small signals.