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Digital/analogue converter

US4571572A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1985
Grant dateFeb 18, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/82
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital-to-analogue converter for use in a digitally-recorded-signal reproducing apparatus comprises a first constant current source, a switch for allowing the constant current of the first constant current source to flow therethrough for a period corresponding to the digital data, a second constant current source generating a current flowing in the direction opposite to that of the current generated by the first constant current source, a switch for allowing the current of the second constant current source to flow therethrough for a predetermined constant period, and an integrator, wherein the sum of the first and second constant currents is integrated by the integrator. The analogue signal outputted by the integrator has a center level in the vicinity of the ground potential level.

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