Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High performance digital to analog converter
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Application No.: US15448813Application Date: 2017-03-03
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Publication No.: US09728261B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Antonino Conte , Maria Giaquinta
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G11C16/06 ; H03M1/66 ; H03F3/45

Abstract:
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may include a conversion block providing a first analog value. The DAC may also include an amplification block for receiving the first analog value and providing a second analog value amplified by an amplification factor. The amplification block may include a first input terminal for receiving the first analog value, a second input terminal, and an output terminal for providing the second analog value. The amplification block may also include a first capacitive element and a second capacitive element. The first and second capacitive elements may determine the amplification factor. The amplification block may further include a control unit for recovering a charge at a first terminal of the second capacitive element, and based thereon, the second analog value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170178731A1 HIGH PERFORMANCE DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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