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Precision digital-to-analog converter

US5084703A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1991
Grant dateJan 28, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/785
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital-to-analog converter is disclosed which employs a ladder configuration comprising a series of R1-R2-R3 stages in which resistors R2 and R3 are selected so that mathematically the combined resistance of R2 in parallel with R3 is equal to twice the resistance of R1. The resistance of resistor R3 is on the order of 3 to 30 times greater than the resistance of resistor R2. These resistors are configured in stages with FET switches.

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