Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital-to-analog converter
- Patent Title (中): 数模转换器
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Application No.: US13529343Application Date: 2012-06-21
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Publication No.: US08866658B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Koji Hirai
- Applicant: Koji Hirai
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-283840 20091215
- Main IPC: H03M1/66
- IPC: H03M1/66 ; H03M1/68 ; H03M1/76

Abstract:
A resistor string digital-to-analog converter includes a high-order resistor string, first high-order switches, a high-order decoder, a low-order decoder, and a conversion unit. The high-order resistor string includes a plurality of voltage acquisition points that are coupled through unit resistors. The high-order decoder generates a first high-order control signal in accordance with a high-order bit value, and operates in accordance with the first high-order control signal to bring into conduction a first high-order switch coupled to a pair of voltage acquisition points adjacent to each other through one or more voltage acquisition points. The low-order decoder generates a low-order control signal for controlling the conversion unit. The conversion unit divides a pair of high-order analog voltages output from a pair of voltage acquisition points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120256776A1 DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2012-10-11
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