摘要:
A MULTIPLEXING DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER COMPRISING: INPUT GATE MEANS TO RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE DIGITAL SIGNAL, AN OUTPUT SECTION COUPLED TO THE INPUT GATE MEANS, A REFERENCE SIGNAL SOURCE COUPLED TO THE INPUT GATE MEANS, A REFERENCE EACH DIGITAL SIGNAL TO AC FORM AND CONNECTIONS TO FEED SAID CONVERTED SIGNAL TO THE OUTPUT SECTION, SAMPLING MEANS TO RAPIDLY SAMPLE THE CHANGING VALUES IN SAID OUTPUT SECTION FOR STORAGE, CAPACITOR STORAGE MEANS COUPLED TO THE OUTPUT SECTION FOR STORING SAID VALUES THEREON, AND, OUTPUT FILTER AND AMPLIFIER MEANS FED BY SAID CAPACITOR STORAGE MEANS TO PROVIDE SMOOTHLY CHANGING AC OUTPUTS CORRESPONDING TO EACH OF SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS.
摘要:
An analog value to be converted to a digital count is first converted into a coarse digital number by applying the analog signal to a ladder network converter which converts the signal into digital form by successive approximation techniques and transfers this digital number to an output register. The value of the number in the register is also reconverted back to analog form by a summing network and subtracted from the original analog signal. The difference between the original and the reconverted values is then amplified by a proper scale factor and again converted to obtain a second digital number in the same converter. The most significant digits of the second digital number are then compared with the corresponding least significant digits of the first number by logic means and the two numbers are then properly consolidated into one number, in a form suitable for use by external equipment, which represents the input analog value with an accuracy higher than that inherent in the analogto-digital converter being used.