发明名称 Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an associated method
摘要 The digital-to-analog converter in accordance with the present invention comprises an R-2R transistor-only ladder converter and a digital controller. The controller connects to the R-2R transistor-only ladder converter and comprises at least one regulating transistor and at least one shifting transistor. The at least one regulating transistor has an aspect ratio of kR(W/L). The at least one shifting transistor has an aspect ratio of kS(W/L). Setting the aspect ratios kR(W/L) and kS(W/L) of the shifting and regulating transistors adjusts a linear output current waveform to a non-linear waveform. The method to output a non-linear current comprises acts of determining an optimum non-linear output current, dividing a linear output current into multiple sections, determining slopes of the waveform of the output current, adding a controller corresponding to an R-2R transistor-only ladder converter, setting aspect ratios kR(W/L) of regulating transistors and setting an aspect ratios kS(W/L) of shifting transistors.
申请公布号 US7982650(B2) 申请公布日期 2011.07.19
申请号 US20090571519 申请日期 2009.10.01
申请人 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 发明人 LEE TAI-CHENG;LIN CHENG-HSIAO
分类号 H03M1/66 主分类号 H03M1/66
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