Method and structure for providing a digitally controlled voltage gain amplifier with non-linear gain adjustments
US6188343A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06J1/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A non-linear function of an input voltage is provided by cascading multiplying digital-to-analog converters (mDACs) to provide a polynomial power series to approximate the non-linear function. Weighting functions are provided by fixed gain amplifiers.
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