A NON-RETURN- TO- ZERO DAC USING REFERENCE SINE WAVE SIGNALS

摘要

A digital to analog converter which produces a non-return to zero output voltage. Two SIN DAC converters having return to zero (RZ) output voltages connected to provide a common NRZ output signal. The SIN DAC converters receive the digital signal and a delayed version of the digital signal. The reference sine voltage applied to each SIN DAC have a respective phase shift so that the outputs from each SIN DAC are phase shifted. The combined phase shifted output signals produce an NRZ signal with a reduced susceptibility to clock signal jitter, and which contain significantly less high frequency content than the RZ output signal from a SIN DAC.