Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital to analogue converters
- Patent Title (中): 数模转换器
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Application No.: US10599264Application Date: 2005-03-23
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Publication No.: US07652607B2Publication Date: 2010-01-26
- Inventor: Martin J. Edwards
- Applicant: Martin J. Edwards
- Applicant Address: TW Tainan
- Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tainan
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: GB0407010.8 20040327
- International Application: PCT/IB2005/051001 WO 20050323
- International Announcement: WO2005/093957 WO 20051006
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66

Abstract:
In a digital to analogue converter, a plurality of digital inputs are used to select one of first and second binary voltage levels as binary inputs (10) to the converter. A capacitor circuit (C, 2C, . . . , 32C) is associated with each input, and these are controlled to output an effective voltage to an output load comprising the first binary voltage level, the second binary voltage level or an average of the first and second binary voltage levels in dependence on the bits of the digital input word. The plurality of capacitor circuits can be operated in either a voltage divider mode (to provide an average output) or a resistor mode depending on the value of the digital data. Operation of the capacitor circuits in this way can result in a reduction in the currents flowing and can therefore reduce the power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090140903A1 DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2009-06-04
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