Invention Grant
US08576101B1 Calibration of an R2R ladder based current digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
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基于R2R梯形图的当前数模转换器(DAC)的校准
- Patent Title: Calibration of an R2R ladder based current digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
- Patent Title (中): 基于R2R梯形图的当前数模转换器(DAC)的校准
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Application No.: US13668706Application Date: 2012-11-05
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Publication No.: US08576101B1Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Cheng-Yi Andrew Lin , Arnold Feldman
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Morris & Kamlay LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06

Abstract:
A R2R ladder circuit implementation of a digital-to-analog convertor (DAC) may be configured to compensate for mismatch in each of a plurality of current sources in the R2R ladder circuit. The compensating of mismatch in each of the plurality of current sources may be achieved by adding one or more auxiliary current sources associated with each of the plurality of current sources, which may be used to provide pre-configured auxiliary current that would enable compensating for mismatch in current of an associated one of the plurality of current sources. For example, each of the plurality of current sources may have two auxiliary current sources, connected in parallel therewith, with one of two auxiliary current sources being switched to the positive-side and the other auxiliary current source being switched to the negative-side. The switching structure of the modified R2R ladder circuit may be implemented in any semiconductor technology (e.g., BiCMOS technology).
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