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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Konstantinos Doris, Amsterdam, NL;
Erwin Janssen, Veldhoven, NL;
Anton Zanikopoulos, Eindhoven, NL;
Alessandro Murroni, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Konstantinos Doris, Amsterdam, NL;
Erwin Janssen, Veldhoven, NL;
Anton Zanikopoulos, Eindhoven, NL;
Alessandro Murroni, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a tracking system and method. The system includes a transistor switch having a gate node and a source node, a power source circuit connected to the gate node, and a bootstrapping circuit connected to the source node and to the gate node. The power source circuit charges the switch during a first tracking phase, and the bootstrapping circuit charges the switch during a second tracking phase.