Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic circuit having a digital to analog converter
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Application No.: US17713033Application Date: 2022-04-04
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Publication No.: US11942961B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Daniele Oreggia , Marco Cignoli
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT 2021000009269 2021.04.13
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10 ; H03M1/56 ; H03M1/66 ; H03M1/68

Abstract:
An electronic circuit includes first and second channels which respectively receive first and second analog signals. The first channel includes a first digital to analog converter having an output coupled to a first input of a first sign comparator, and the second channel includes a second digital to analog converter. A switch network selectively couples, upon reception of a self-test mode signal signaling a test phase, an output of the second digital to analog converter to a second input of the first sign comparator. A ramp generation circuit supplies to the first digital to analog converter and the second digital to analog converter two identical ramps of digital codes, which are shifted by a programmable offset with respect to one another. A checking circuit issues a test status signal based on the output of the first sign comparator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220329252A1 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT HAVING A DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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