Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two-capacitor digital-to-analog converter
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Application No.: US17248840Application Date: 2021-02-10
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Publication No.: US11431348B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Abdullah Ahmed , Akinobu Onishi , Taichiro Kawai
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66 ; H03M1/80 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
A two-capacitor digital-to-analog converter circuit having circuitry to compensate for an unwanted capacitance is disclosed. The converter is configured to generate an average voltage on two capacitors for a sequence of bits in a digital word so that when the final bit is reached, the average voltage corresponds to an analog level of the digital word. The converter is configured to input and average the voltage on the two capacitors using different modes to minimize the effects of capacitor mismatch and switching capacitance on the accuracy of the conversion. The converter includes a buffer amp that has an input capacitance that can affect the conversion. Accordingly, the converter further includes capacitance compensation circuitry configured to provide a replica input capacitance that can be charged and discharged according to the bits of the digital word and coupled to the input capacitor to prevent the input capacitance from affecting the conversion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210266008A1 TWO-CAPACITOR DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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