Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration circuit and calibration method for DAC
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Application No.: US15475985Application Date: 2017-03-31
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Publication No.: US10069506B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Shin-Hsiung Huang
- Applicant: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: WPAT, PC
- Priority: TW105111729A 20160415
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10 ; H03M1/46 ; H03M1/80

Abstract:
A calibration method for a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. The DAC is applied to a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SA ADC) and includes a first capacitor, multiple second capacitors and a bridge capacitor. The method includes the steps of: (a) controlling voltages at two input terminals of a comparator of the SA ADC to be equal; (b) changing a voltage at a first terminal of the first capacitor; (b) obtaining a first output of the SA ADC; (d) after obtaining the first output, controlling voltages at the two input terminals of the comparator to be equal; (e) changing voltages at multiple first terminals of the second capacitors; (f) obtaining a second output of the SA ADC; and (g) calibrating the DAC according to the first output and the second output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170302288A1 Calibration Circuit and Calibration Method for DAC Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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