Circuitry for tracking bias voltage behavior

1. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline; and

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy wordline and a variable voltage source comprising a variable source voltage supply.

2. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline; and

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy wordline and a variable voltage source;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors are used for switching between multiple capacitance values, and wherein the switching is performed dynamically.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein the switching between multiple capacitance values occurs at any time within a memory operation cycle.

4. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a first terminal that is coupled to the dummy wordline.

5. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline; and

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy wordline and a variable voltage source;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a first terminal that is coupled to the dummy wordline;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a second terminal that is coupled to the variable voltage source to receive a control signal that switches between a first state and a second state that is different than the first state.

6. The integrated circuit of claim 5 , wherein in the first state, the one or more variable capacitors have a first variable capacitance value that is high in capacitance, and wherein in the second state, the one or more variable capacitors have a second variable capacitance value is low in capacitance.

7. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more variable capacitors are implemented with a transistor that is coupled together to operate as a capacitor.

8. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline; and

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy wordline and a variable voltage source;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors are implemented with a transistor that is coupled together to operate as a capacitor;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a first terminal that is a gate of the transistor.

9. The integrated circuit of claim 8 , wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a second terminal that is a source/drain connection of the transistor.

10. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled to a dummy bitline;

global timing pulse reset circuitry coupled between a dummy wordline and the dummy bitline; and

dummy bitline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy bitline between the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry and the global timing pulse reset circuitry, wherein the dummy bitline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy bitline and a variable voltage source comprising a variable source voltage supply.

11. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled to a dummy bitline;

global timing pulse reset circuitry coupled between a dummy wordline and the dummy bitline; and

dummy bitline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy bitline between the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry and the global timing pulse reset circuitry, wherein the dummy bitline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy bitline and a variable voltage source;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors are used for dynamically switching between multiple capacitance values at any time within a memory operation cycle.

12. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled to a dummy bitline;

global timing pulse reset circuitry coupled between a dummy wordline and the dummy bitline; and

dummy bitline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy bitline between the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry and the global timing pulse reset circuitry, wherein the dummy bitline tracking circuitry has one or more variable capacitors that are coupled between the dummy bitline and a variable voltage source;

wherein the one or more variable capacitors are implemented with a transistor that is coupled together to operate as a capacitor, wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a first terminal that is a gate of the transistor, and wherein the one or more variable capacitors have a second terminal that is a source/drain connection of the transistor.

13. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline;

global timing pulse reset circuitry coupled between the dummy wordline and the dummy bitline;

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has at least one first variable capacitor that is coupled between the dummy wordline and a first variable voltage source; and

dummy bitline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy bitline between the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry and the global timing pulse reset circuitry, wherein the dummy bitline tracking circuitry has at least one second variable capacitor that is coupled between the dummy bitline and a second variable voltage source;

wherein the first variable voltage source is a variable source voltage supply.

14. An integrated circuit, comprising:

dummy wordline driver circuitry coupled to a dummy wordline;

dummy bitline pulldown circuitry coupled between a dummy bitline and the dummy wordline;

global timing pulse reset circuitry coupled between the dummy wordline and the dummy bitline;

dummy wordline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy wordline between the dummy wordline driver circuitry and the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry, wherein the dummy wordline tracking circuitry has at least one first variable capacitor that is coupled between the dummy wordline and a first variable voltage source; and

dummy bitline tracking circuitry coupled to the dummy bitline between the dummy bitline pulldown circuitry and the global timing pulse reset circuitry, wherein the dummy bitline tracking circuitry has at least one second variable capacitor that is coupled between the dummy bitline and a second variable voltage source;

wherein the second variable voltage source is a variable source voltage supply.

15. The integrated circuit of claim 13 , wherein the at least one first variable capacitor and the at least one second variable capacitor are implemented with a transistor that is coupled together to operate as a capacitor, wherein the at least one variable capacitor have a first terminal that is a gate of the transistor, and wherein the at least one variable capacitor have a second terminal that is a source/drain connection of the transistor.

16. The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the at least one first variable capacitor and the at least one second variable capacitor are implemented with a transistor that is coupled together to operate as a capacitor, wherein the at least one variable capacitor have a first terminal that is a gate of the transistor, and wherein the at least one variable capacitor have a second terminal that is a source/drain connection of the transistor.