Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital-to-analog converter system
- Patent Title (中): 数模转换器系统
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Application No.: US14656052Application Date: 2015-03-12
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Publication No.: US09374103B1Publication Date: 2016-06-21
- Inventor: Wenbo Liu , Raman S. Thiara
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/08 ; H03K17/16 ; H03M1/66

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) system includes an output segment, a main branch, first and second edge segments, and a sub-segment. The output segment includes secondary switches that selectively connect conductive paths to an output. The main branch includes unit resistance elements, each including a resistor and a switch. The first and second edge segments each include a respective group of secondary switches that selectively connect a respective conductive path to a unit resistance element. The sub-segment includes terminal resistors connected to at least one conductive path and includes main switches that selectively connect respective terminal resistors to the unit resistance element. The main switches and the unit resistance element switches use a single switch design. The DAC system may have an improved differential non-linearity (DNL), as compared to a DAC system that does not include the unit resistance element switches or the first and second edge segments.
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