Invention Grant
US07936294B2 Digital-to-analog converter, analog-to-digital converter, and semiconductor device
有权
数模转换器,模拟 - 数字转换器和半导体器件
- Patent Title: Digital-to-analog converter, analog-to-digital converter, and semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): 数模转换器,模拟 - 数字转换器和半导体器件
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Application No.: US12426731Application Date: 2009-04-20
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Publication No.: US07936294B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Go Asayama , Noriyuki Fukushima , Yoshikazu Nitta , Yoshinori Muramatsu , Kiyotaka Amano
- Applicant: Go Asayama , Noriyuki Fukushima , Yoshikazu Nitta , Yoshinori Muramatsu , Kiyotaka Amano
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rockey, Depke & Lyons, LLC
- Agent Robert J. Depke
- Priority: JP2005-277190 20050926
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66

Abstract:
A DA conversion device includes the following elements. A higher-bit current source cell portion includes uniformly weighted higher-bit current source cells to generate an identical constant current. A lower-bit current source cell portion includes a lower-bit current source cells that are weighted to generate 1/two-to-the-power-of-certain-numbers constant currents. A constant current source selection controller includes a lower-bit controller having a scaler that uses clocks scaled down to 1/two-to-the-power-of-certain-numbers to select the lower-bit current source cells, and a higher-bit controller having shift registers and using a signal indicating a carry bit or a borrow bit used in the lower-bit controller to sequentially activate shift outputs of the shift registers, and uses the shift outputs to select the higher-bit current source cells. Constant current outputs of the selected current source cells are added and output so that an output current corresponding to the digital input signal is obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090201187A1 DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-08-13
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