Multi-mode 8/9-bit DAC with variable input-precision and output

Details Multi-mode 8/9-bit DAC with variable input-precision and output Multi-mode 8/9-bit DAC with variable input-precision and output

1998-10-29

2000-06-06

Tokar, Michael

Coded data generation or conversion

Analog to or from digital conversion

Digital to analog conversion

341145, 348308, H03M 166, H04N 314

Patent

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060724153

ABSTRACT:
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is useful for driving both SVGA display monitors and NTSC TV monitors. The DAC converts 8-bit digital signals to analog voltage for SVGA, but converts 9-bit signals to a wider range of analog voltages for NTSC. Instead of doubling a number of current sources from 255 to 511 for 9-bit conversions, a single least-significant-bit (LSB) current source is added for 9-bit mode. The LSB current source adds one-half of the current that the other current sources do. The LSB current source is disabled for 8-bit mode. The current from the other current sources is doubled for 9-bit mode by adjusting the bias voltage. The bias voltage for p-channel transistors in all the current sources is lowered for 9-bit mode by a bias generator. The bias generator compares a voltage across an external resistor to a band-gap reference and adjusts the bias voltage until the voltage drop across the resistor matches the band-gap reference. To switch to 9-bit mode, the current in the bias generator is split in two by enabling another leg to ground in parallel with the resistor. The bias voltage is lowered until the current is doubled and the voltage drop again matches the reference.

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