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Sense amplifier in Cadence

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Hi, I am making a sense amplifier in Cadence but is not providing the right Vout. Every time I enable the sense amplifier does not change much, just outputting a voltage of 4.3V, which is very close to Vdd=5V. It suppose to output the difference of inputs multiplied by a gain (BL and NOT_BL) which are the bit lines in a memory, such as DRAM. I am attaching the diagrams I am following and the schematic and results from Cadence. Any advise on how to make the sense amplifier work correctly?
Cross-coupled sense amp diagrams from book.png


The following is the schematic from Cadence and results
Sense amp circuit with big tech not working.PNG
Sense amp results with big tech not working.PNG
 
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Vout is expected to go to high level with BL > nBL. Why don't you apply opposite polarity or check nVout?

Not sure if you have set reasonable circuit parameters, but you should at least see a reaction.
 

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