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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ion E. Opris, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NanoPower Technologies Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/702 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an improved track-and-hold circuit is disclosed. By utilizing an amplifier connected to the input signal in combination with, in essence, a replica of the track-and-hold sampling transistor, a track-and-hold technique that reduces distortion and nonlinearities in the sampling process is achieved.